Children under five are the poorest age group in America and one in four infants toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the years of greatest brain development.

High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

Where children are there is the golden age.

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

Children also have artistic ability and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are the more instructive are the examples they furnish us and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood until the time comes for them to depart this life again like children neither tired of living nor aware of death.

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents and when age finally stirs their curiosity there is no parent left to tell them.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.