It is a wise father that knows his own child.

再聪明的父亲也未必了解自己的孩子。

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic difficulties.

教育的常识性之一，就是我们常常首先切断生活的根，然后试图用人为的手段取代它的自然功能。因此，我们抑制孩子的好奇心，当他对学习缺乏天生的兴趣时，我们会为他的学习困难提供特殊的指导。

It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents.

人们普遍认为，孩子们每年花在看电视上的时间比在教室里要多，与父母实际交谈的时间却少得多。

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

培养坚强的孩子比修补破碎的男人容易。

It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult... Choose your word's wisely.

培养一个孩子要比培养一个成年人容易得多。明智地选择你的用词。

It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.

有时做个孩子是件好事，但没有比圣诞节更好的了，因为圣诞节的创始人也是个孩子。

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honour nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

如果爱与和平能够在地球上盛行，如果我们能够教导我们的孩子尊重大自然的恩赐，那么户外的欢乐与美丽将永远存在，认识到这一点是件好事。

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

对孩子再好也不过分。孩子们被宠坏了，不是因为善良，而是因为被忽视得太多，或是被严厉惯坏了。

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

孩子们偶尔应该有礼貌地把父母放在他们的位置上，这并不是一件坏事。

It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.

重要的是，你不能为了孩子和错误的理由而和某人呆在一起。

It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.

这是由我们来实现留给我们的遗产，并留下一个值得我们的孩子和后代的遗产。

It just didn't feel right to let my child scream and holler and thrash by her little self in the dark in her crib when I knew full well that a little rocking in her glider, maybe a song and a sweet nuzzle of her cheek would send her off to dreamland.

感觉只是不让我的孩子尖叫,叫喊和打她的小自我的黑暗在她的床上,当我完全明白,一个小滑翔机摇摆,也许一首歌和一个甜蜜的依偎,她的脸颊就送她去睡觉。

It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.

这听起来很老套，但我已经向我内心深处的孩子承诺，我再也不会为了任何事或任何人而放弃自己。

It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.

人们认为孩子们去看电影是不合适的。

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things.

我认为，当孩子们日益增长的观察力和辨别能力激起他们对事物的渴望时，用谎言和胡言乱语来搪塞他们是大错特错的。