Child Wisdom Quotes

One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little. They should not conceal so much from them. How well even little children understand that their parents conceal things from them, because they consider them too young to understand! Children are capable of giving advice in the most important matters.

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them

Any 6 year old’s hindsight is better than a President’s foresight.

Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.

'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge. From the start you have to make the choice to listen.

Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.

The human child – so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.

A child of today can detect a lie quicker than the wisest adult of two decades ago. When I want to know what is true, I ask my children.

I sit and talk to kids all day, because I feel like they carry the most wisdom.

Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.

Don't set your wit against a child.