“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going.” - P.J. “I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.” ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women And the moment a child begins to understand that, you know you’re in trouble.” - Cecelia Ahern She is growing up so fast, learning to have opinions of her own, learning that I don’t have the answers to everything. “Katie is like my calendar, watching her grow and change. “The great paradox of parenting is that it moves in both slow motion and fast speed.” - unknown author “Someday, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” - C.S. “I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast.” - Robert Rodriguez “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” - Alden Nowlan Parents on Children Growing Up Fast The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.” - Patrick Rothfuss This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. “When we are children, we seldom think of the future. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand their stories and all their accomplishments sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.” - Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven The moments that used to define them - a mother’s approval, a father’s nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. “Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” - Stacia Tauscher The last bastion of getting together is around the table.” - Leo Buscaglia But they don’t take the time to sit down and talk to each other. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. “We want to gently remind people that we don’t have forever. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower Growing Up Fast Quotes That Are Real Eye-Openers for Parents And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. “I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. As mums do with daughters who grow up too fast.” - Fredrik Backman “Mom puts her hand on Elsa’s hand and inhales deeply from the point where they are touching as if trying to fill her lungs with Elsa. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul.” - Kevin (character), The Wonder Years One day, you’re in diapers the next day, you’re gone. “Sometimes, you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” - Dr. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them.” ― Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper “I would have given anything to keep her little. But most of all, tell them you love them every day.” - Carly Marie So kiss them, cuddle them, praise them, and hold them tightly. We never know just how long we will be able to keep them for. ‘I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can’t confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead.’ ‘Well,’ said Luke, ‘you’re doing a fantastic job.’” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes Growing Up Fast Quotes That All Parents Will Be Able to Relate To “Old enough to see that it’s wrong, young enough to do it anyway!” - Abhishek Tiwari “You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.” - John J. “Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience and pimples.” - James Matthew Barrie “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” - Phyllis Diller
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