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Judith Martin Quotes about Children

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Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

Judith Martin
Funny, Mother, Children
Judith Martin (2002). “Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

Why bring children into a world where no one writes letters?

Judith Martin
Children, Writing, World
Judith Martin (2011). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (Freshly Updated)”, p.51, W. W. Norton & Company

Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace ... Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, 'No, dear -- it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.

Judith Martin
Children, Growing Up, Crazy

If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is grand opera.

Judith Martin
Sex, Children, Revenge
"Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior". Book by Judith Martin, 1982.

The only way to enjoy the fun of catching people behaving disgustingly is to have children. One has to keep having them, however, because it is incorrect to correct grown people, even if you have grown them yourself.

Judith Martin
Children, Fun, People
Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner

In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child says, 'Mommy, is this the fat lady you can't stand?

Judith Martin
Children, Honesty, Thinking
Judith Martin (2002). “Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you're lucky. But the idea that it's elitist and irrelevant is like saying language is elitist and irrelevant.

Judith Martin
Children, Ideas, Doe

The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't have to pay taxes - naturally, no one wants to live any other way.

Judith Martin
Inspirational, Children, Growing Up

A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.

Judith Martin
Children, Parent, Female
Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.

Judith Martin
Children, Parent, Tone
Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner

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