I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children.
I would not encourage children or teens to multitask because we don't know where those efforts may lead.
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.
I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?
As writers, we only aim to please. Or we aimed to please as children, which is why we became writers.
If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
I believe that children have to grow up as all-round personalities, but it cannot be at the cost of academics.
Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying?" (Seeing all her children assembled at her bedside in her last illness.)
We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors
Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.
One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the Indian experience.
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.
I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.
I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.
We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit.
But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way.
I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has had on the black family and black children.
