Famous quotes containing the words child and/or maltreatment:
“Mama may have, papa may have,
But God bless the child that’s got his own!”
—Billie Holiday [Eleanor Fagan] (1915–1959)
“Children are extraordinarily precious members of society; they are exquisitely alert, sensitive, and conscious of their surroundings; and they are extraordinarily vulnerable to maltreatment or emotional abuse by adults who refuse to give them the profound respect and affection to which they are unconditionally entitled.”
—Wisdom of the Elders, quoted in Kids Are Worth It, by Barbara Coloroso, ch. 1 (1994)