Beverly Cleary Quotes

I often say that if I had one wish in this world, I would wish that every child could have a mother the way my mother were. And I never went without clothes, I never went without food... I never went without anything that a child needs. But above all of that, she gave me unconditional love.

One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence.

When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.

Kids are very sensitive to the value system of their parents, and I just felt my parents were attaching too much importance, too much meaning, to things.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends - the right sort.

The family is the original Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.

These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception as a child of what was important or not is accurate, I don't know.

Children need continuity as they grow and learn.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

I'm surrounded by great friends and family. I don't know what I would do without them.

Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.

I'm a truly loved kid, and hopefully it will make me a happier adult.

A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born.

Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

Back when I was in elementary school, I didn't have many friends.

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

I didn't play with other children.

Any child may go through periods during which they become less outspoken with their parents or teachers. But girls, like boys, live in many different worlds - they have their friends and their classroom and their parents - and within these different domains, they may have different levels of expressiveness.