Child Proverbs - page 7

Never boast -- you might meet someone who knew you as a child. (Chinese Proverb)
The heart of a little child is like the heart of buddha. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
A child doesn't belong to the father or mother; a child belongs to the ancestors. View proverb
African Proverb
A child doesn't breast-feed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive. View proverb
African Proverb
A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes. View proverb
African Proverb
A child who knows how to wash his hands will eat with the chiefs. View proverb
African Proverb
A child who protested when being stripped on the back by its mother, it's humbled by the scorching sun when left to walk. View proverb
African Proverb
You cannot name a child that is not born. View proverb
African Proverb
The laughter of a child is the light of a house. View proverb
African Proverb
The child hates the one who gives him all he wants. View proverb
African Proverb
If you knock your head against a wall, then a coconut tree and pillar and your head still remains undamaged my child, go and hide that head of yours; it is a good head. (African Proverb)
When a man curses his own child it is a terrible thing. View proverb
African Proverb
It's a bad child who does not take advice. View proverb
African Proverb
Where your mother is born, you can't call anyone a child. View proverb
African Proverb
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach. View proverb
African Proverb
A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's testicles. View proverb
African Proverb
A child among elders converses with its ears. View proverb
African Proverb
He who feeds the child must be allowed to lick his fingers. View proverb
African Proverb
Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it. View proverb
African Proverb
A woman who wants a child doesn't sleep in her clothes. View proverb
African Proverb
Clothes should not be made for an unborn child. (African Proverb)
Train a child the way he should go and make sure you you also go the same way. View proverb
African Proverb
To spoil a child is to maim it a bit. View proverb
American Proverb
A burnt child dreads the fire. View proverb
American Proverb
Even a child makes himself known by his doings. View proverb
American Proverb