Babies

Proverbs regarding child-bearing, newborn babies, infants, children

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A little girl came home from school and said to her mother, "Mum, guess what? We learned how to make babies today."

The mother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting," she said, "How do you make babies?"

"It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."

Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?
Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife -
Prov. 5:16-18 (read whole chapter)
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
Prov. 10:1 (read whole chapter)
A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Prov. 13:22 (read whole chapter)
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
Prov. 14:26 (read whole chapter)
Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
Prov. 17:6 (read whole chapter)

From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.

And he said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the Archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.