“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” -Alden NowlanĦ9. “Children are like wet cement whatever falls on them makes an impression.” -Haim GinottĦ8. “A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.” -Robert BraultĦ7. Teach your kids that it is okay to work with your hands and build cool stuff.” -Mike RoweĦ6. “Not every child will become a lawyer or a doctor. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” -Peggy O’MaraĦ5. Children will do things that are now considered impossible.” -Kacey McCallisterĦ4. “You know who’s going to build that better world? It’s the youth. “Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become.” -Brooke HamptonĦ3. “A grownup is a child with layers on.” -Woody HarrelsonĦ2. How much patience you have, for instance.” -Franklin P. “You can learn many things from children. “It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower or vacuum cleaner.” -Ben BergorĤ3. Things like beards and chest hair.” -Jarod KintzĤ2. “I want my kids to have the things in life that I never had when I was growing up. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don’t have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way.” -Judith MartinĤ1. “The invention of the teenager was a mistake. “If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!” -J.M.

“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” -Irish sayingģ9.

“We’ve had bad luck with children they’ve all grown up.” -Christopher Morleyģ8. “When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.” -Tom Robbinsģ7. “Becoming a mom to me means that you have accepted that for the next 16 years of your life, you will have a sticky purse.” -Nia Vardalosģ6.

Growing Up by Russell Baker