"The trouble with children is that they're not returnable"

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses"

"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it"

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

"The soul is healed by being with children"

"Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them"

"Adults are obsolete children"

"The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences"