Top 6 Single Child Quotes

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

Children, Parenting, Single Child

Joyce Maynard (2010). “At Home in the World: A Memoir”, p.300, Macmillan

One thing is certain: When the time has come, nothing which is man-made will subsist. One day, all human accomplishments will be reduced to a pile of ashes. But every single child to whom a has given birth will live forever, for he has been given an immortal soul made to God's image and likeness.

Alice von Hildebrand

Children, Men, Single Child

Alice Von Hildebrand (2002). “The Privilege of Being a Woman”, Ignatius Press

Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live full and satisfying lives, but to have siblings and not make the most of that resource is squandering one of the greatest interpersonal resources you'll ever have.

Jeffrey Kluger

Children, Sibling, Single Child

Even if all the world were to combine forces, they could not bring about the conception of a single child in any woman's womb nor cause it to be born; that is wholly the work of God.

Martin Luther

Children, Single Child, Abortion

Martin Luther (1962). “The Christian in society”