Mignon McLaughlin Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Fun, Real

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.48, BookBaby

• If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Family, Children, Blessed

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.10, BookBaby

• Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Children, Years

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.41, BookBaby

• A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Monsters

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.40, BookBaby

• Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Hypocrisy, Fake

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, BookBaby

• The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Home, Parent

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.41, BookBaby

• Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Dream, Children

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

• Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Remember

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

• Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Children, Memorable

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

• Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Sports, Fun, Husband

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.48, BookBaby

• Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Dog, Children, Motivation

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.36, BookBaby

• Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Growing Up, Knowing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.34, BookBaby

• There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Writing, Night

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

• There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Adults, Natural

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.35, BookBaby

• No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Christmas, Children, Giving

• If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Faults

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.37, BookBaby

• It must infuriate our children to see us always so much more forbearing with everybody else's.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Our Children

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.36, BookBaby

• When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Failing

• It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Trying, Easy

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, BookBaby

• Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Rude, Manners

• Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Knows, Asks

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.35, BookBaby

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