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Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Robert Fulghum
Marriage, Mother, Children
"Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden". Book by Bonita Jean Zimmer (p. 182), April 2003.

The kindergarten children are confident in spirit, infinite in resources, and eager to learn. Everything is still possible.

Robert Fulghum
Children, Spirit, Kindergarten
Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.228, Ivy Books

I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That's what we do.

Robert Fulghum
Children, Breathing, Miracle
Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.68, Ivy Books

I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles I can hear him when he and I were young. I am part of this child. It may be only because we share genes and that therefore smell familiar to each other.... It may be that a part of me lives in her in some important way.... But for now, it's jelly beans and 'Old MacDonald' that unite us.

Robert Fulghum
Mother, Children, Father

I know what I really want for Christmas. I want my childhood back. Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.

Robert Fulghum
Christmas, Children, Memories

Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise.

Robert Fulghum
Children, School, Social

What I notice is that every adult or child I give a new set of Crayolas to goes a little funny. The kids smile, get a glazed look on their faces, pour the crayons out, and just look at them for a while....The adults always get the most wonderful kind of sheepish smile on their faces--a mixture of delight and nostalgia and silliness. And they immediately start telling you about all their experiences with Crayolas.

Robert Fulghum
Children, Kids, Giving

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