"Little children won’t let you sleep; big children won’t let you live." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"Do not boast of your children when they are little, because you never know what they will be like when grown-up! " ~~ Mishle Agur
"Knowledge acquired in childhood is not soon forgotten." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"A man has three that love him: his children, his money and his good deeds." ~~ Pirke Derabbi Eliezer
"Blessed is the son who studies with his father, and blessed is the father who teaches his son." ~~ Talmud
"If the world will ever be redeemed, it will be through the virtues of children." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Jewish tradition perceives children as worthy and deserving of our greatest resources of time and energy to create an environment that is both physically and spiritually nurturing. For it is the children who embody the purity of intent, sincerity, faith and enthusiasm for life. " ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson
"Save you honor your parents, your children will not honor you." ~~ Rambam
"As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"The child honors his mother more than his father because his mother affects him by her words—so God set the honoring of the father before the honoring of the mother; and the child fears his father more than his mother, because it is the father who teaches him Torah—so God set the fearing of the mother before the fearing of the father." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 31a
"Our sages recommended that a father should spend less than his means on food, up to his means on dress, and beyond his means for his wife and children." ~~ Maimonides