“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence”. —Denis Waitley
“A person’s a person, no matter how small”. — Dr. Seuss
Never have more children than you have car windows. — Erma Bombeck
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going. —P. J. O’Rourke
Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance. Joseph Chilton Pearce
“You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket”. Lish McBride
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. —George Santanaya
“Kids, They Dance Before They Learn There Is Anything That Isn’t Music“. —William Stafford
A child who loves animals is an adult who has compassion for people – Toni Payne
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. —Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful. –Kailash Satyarthi
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings. —Hodding Carter
Stay tooned for whatever comes next 🙂
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That’s great. PJ O’Rourke is always quotable…
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Thanks Rich!
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Kids, my favorite subject. These are wonderful photos capturing the joy and innocence of childhood Fraggle. And I love that a McBride quote.🤗
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Thanks Kim! 😘
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My God, you have really outdone yourself with this post, and these pictures. Wonderful quotes and amazing pictures…don’t even have a favorite, they are splendid😊
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Thanks Michel 😊
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Another corker in a wonderful series, FR. Top notch!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete! Glad you’re enjoying them. 😊
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I. LOVE. THIS!
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😃 thanks Jennie!
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You are very welcome! Reblogging tomorrow or Tuesday!!
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Thanks!
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How can I not? I’m a preschool teacher, and these are among the best quotes and photos about children. 😀
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Sp glad you like them 🙂
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😀
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Despite being cynical about the elevation of children-having in our culture ( 😀 ) …I love this CJ!…this series is great. You have a way capturing things that conveys something … real..
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Aw thanks missis. 😘
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My favourite photo is the little Indian girl dancing with such concentration.
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She was a little cutie 🙂 thanks Mary.
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Another 5 star post, Fraggle. You really made my day on that one. Gosh, how I miss my kids and grandkids. Sure I communicate with them all the time, but I really want to hug them and hold them tight.
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Yes I know that feeling, stay strong Don.
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This makes me want to cry 😭.
Beautiful!
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Oh no, don’t cry! It’s a happy post!!
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I know! It is… but kids have a way of stealing your heart and running away with it. My oldest is almost 16. She’s in that phase where she hates me… 😢. We will get through it! 😀
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16 is the worst!
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Good to know. I guess I need to gear up!
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Ah, Dr. Seuss! Always quotable 🙂
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Indeed! 😊
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Another corker Frags, I’ll be revisiting some of them quotes, you must have a secret source of classics as they all hit the mark 🙂
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Thanks Eddy!
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…are the future.
Happy International Day of Peace, Jane.
🕊✌🏼☮
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Thanks Graham!
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Lovely photos and quotes. A great start to the day.
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Cheers April!
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Lovely combinations of photographs and quotations
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Thanks Derrick 🙂
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These are wonderful, and brought back so many memories of my own childhood. A fabulous post.
And that last quote gave me goose bumps—in a good way! 🙂
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Thanks Mae!
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The impending battle at the Roman fort made me smile!! 😃 Hope the little guys prevailed!
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Love the two girls faces on the left and all their hair sticking out under the helmets! Cheers ToC.
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These photo/quotables posts of yours always make me feel better.
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Nice to know 😊 cheers Cindy.
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O! How happy you have made my heart ❤️ wonderful post, as always 🙂
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Thanks Liza, 😊
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Reblogged this on A Teacher's Reflections.
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Thanks Jennie 🙂
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My pleasure, FR. 🙂
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As a retired teacher, many of these quotes hit home for me. The thing I like best about children is their unfiltered and unbridled joy. I’ve always maintained that adults should take a lesson from kids in watching how they make up with each other. There is no such thing as carrying a grudge when it comes to young children. They can move past just about any problem because they just want to be friends again.
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So true, thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts, teaching kids must be one of the best jobs you can have.
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Oh so wonderful! 🙂 Sharing…
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The quotes are so valid…found each one so profound. The pictures are great too👍thanx for putting them together.
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Thanks Ritu.
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Nice quote from PJ, always a funny writer and that quote rings true…
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Thanks 10!
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Delightful images. And I particularly enjoyed the quote by Erma Bombeck.
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Cheers Otto!
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I loved the photos and the quotes in equal measure! What a delightful way to end my work day.
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Thanks for visiting!
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You’re welcome!
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Couldn’t agree more! 🙌🏾
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In an Amazon product, a relaxation tube worth tens of thousands of dollars, where people immerse in a liquid and they can get isolated from the outside. There was somebody that reviewed it saying he got if for his children (of course he was trolling), because children in general “are noise, spit in the floor, and curse a lot,” so he got it to have a respite from them, The children in your chronicles are very tender, fragglerocking. I was a headache when I had their age xD
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I think we all were at some point!
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Beautiful photos and phenomenal quotes to accompany. Very uplifting!
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Cheers Pam! 😘
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“Never have more children than you have car windows”. We don’t have a car, so I guess that’s why we don’t have kids! Another lovely curation of pics.
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🤣🤣 cheers Steve!
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