Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My first children's book, 'Tickle Monster,' was inspired by tickling my son one evening.
'Tickle Monster' is an interactive book and, by the nature of the story, bonds the parent and child through tickling and laughter.
The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
A good story is elegantly wrapped, and the child discovers things bit by bit.
In plain terms, a child is a complicated creature who can drive you crazy. There's a cruelty to childhood, there's an anger.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Children learn many principles of natural law at a very early age. For example: they learn that when one child has picked up an apple or a flower, it is his, and that his associates must not take it from him against his will.
Look at life with the eyes of a child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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