Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving. Jan Brett childcreativediscovery Change image and share on social
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. Ernest Dimnet childeducateleave Change image and share on social
Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise. Michael Morpurgo childexerciselearn Change image and share on social
Children have to be provided a nurturing environment to grow. Sadly, in India we don't have a robust mental health programme for children. There is also a lack of accountability in the public system. Vikram Patel accountabilitychildenvironment Change image and share on social
Children have to have access to books, and a lot of children can't go to a store and buy a book. We need not only our public libraries to be funded properly and staffed properly, but our school libraries. Many children can't get to a public library, and the only library they have is a school library. Katherine Paterson accessbookbuy share on social
Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive. Donna Tartt adultchildemotional Change image and share on social
Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. Mary Wollstonecraft applychildcivil Change image and share on social
Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you. They helped shape reality, and I think human beings wouldn't be human without narrative fiction. Paul Auster bedtimebeingchild share on social
Children, if they haven't been introduced to foods by the time they're 3 years old, are afraid of it, as if it would hurt them. They don't really get out of that until they're 6 or 7 - it's a safety mechanism, and you're not going to win. Tyler Florence afraidchildfood share on social
Children - if you think back really what it was like to be a child and what it was like to know other children - children lie all the time. Donna Tartt backchildlie Change image and share on social