It is not hard to nurse a pregnancy, but it is hard to bring up a child. ~Swahili Proverb
When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out. ~African Proverb
The motherless child will suckle the grandmother. ~Bambara Proverb
Children will hate all those who give all things to them. ~African Proverb
A single hand cannot nurse a child. ~Swahili Proverb
A child's lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end, always comes to the surface, explains his mother. ~Luo Proverb
Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets along the way. ~Senegalese Proverb
Train a child the way he should go and make sure you also go the same way. ~African Proverb
A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes. ~African Proverb
The art of negotiating is acquired from childhood. ~Congolese Proverb
A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back. ~Nigerian Proverb
By crawling, a child learns to stand. ~West African Proverb
What the child says, he has heard at home. ~Nigerian Proverb
If a child is not well-behaved, she is not sent by the mother to go alone to the market to buy things for her. ~Nigerian Proverb
A child one does not instruct on return, one instructs him when going. ~Bantu Proverb
When a child knows how to wash his hands well, he eats with the elders. ~Tshi Proverb
An immoral father-in-law cannot advise his children well. ~African Proverb
As you do for your ancestors, your children will do for you. ~African Proverb
You cannot beat a child to take away its tears. ~African Proverb
If your child is dancing clumsily, tell him: 'you are dancing clumsily'; do not tell him: 'darling, do as you please.' ~Twi Proverb
A child who is to be successful is not to be reared exclusively on a bed of down. ~Akan Proverb
When a woman has ten children, there is nothing that happens in the night that she does not know about. ~Nigerian Proverb
A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is. ~Nigerian Proverb
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. ~African Proverb
A child brought up where there is always dancing cannot fail to dance. ~Nyanja Proverb
Respect a little child, and let it respect you. ~Bantu Proverb
When a man curses his own child it is a terrible thing. ~African Proverb
A child does not fear treading on dangerous ground until he or she gets hurt. ~Bukusu Proverb
When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead. ~Kenyan Proverb
It is the habit that a child forms at home, that follows them to their marriage. ~Nigerian Proverb
When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge. ~Rwandese Proverb
If a mother steals with a child strapped in the back what do you expect of the child. ~African Proverb
As you bring up a child, so he will be. ~Swahili Proverb
A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife. ~Nigerian Proverb
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children. ~Kenyan Proverb
A child is what you put into him. ~Nigerian Proverb
One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late. ~Ethiopian Proverb
A child is a child of everyone. ~Sudanese Proverb
Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. ~Bantu Proverb
When the child falls the mother weeps; when the mother falls the child laughs. ~Rwandan Proverb
Too large a morsel chokes the child. ~Mauritanian Proverb
We desire to bequest two things to our children -- the first one is roots; the other one is wings. ~Sudanese Proverb
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach. ~African Proverb
It's a bad child who does not take advice. ~Ashanti Proverb
The good mother knows what her children will eat. ~Akan Proverb
Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters. ~Ganda Proverb
A child is an axe; when it cuts you, you still pick it up and put it on your shoulder. ~Bemba Proverb
Only a mother would carry the child that bites. ~Nigerian Proverb
He who fears the crying of a child, will cry himself. ~Swahili Proverb
A child doesn't breastfeed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive. ~African Proverb
Do not make the dress before the child is born. ~Tanzanian Proverb
You only understand the joys of parenthood when you have your first child, you only understand the mystery of death when in mourning. ~Bahaya Proverb
When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out. ~African Proverb
The motherless child will suckle the grandmother. ~Bambara Proverb
Children will hate all those who give all things to them. ~African Proverb
A single hand cannot nurse a child. ~Swahili Proverb
A child's lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end, always comes to the surface, explains his mother. ~Luo Proverb
Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets along the way. ~Senegalese Proverb
Train a child the way he should go and make sure you also go the same way. ~African Proverb
A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes. ~African Proverb
The art of negotiating is acquired from childhood. ~Congolese Proverb
A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back. ~Nigerian Proverb
By crawling, a child learns to stand. ~West African Proverb
What the child says, he has heard at home. ~Nigerian Proverb
If a child is not well-behaved, she is not sent by the mother to go alone to the market to buy things for her. ~Nigerian Proverb
A child one does not instruct on return, one instructs him when going. ~Bantu Proverb
When a child knows how to wash his hands well, he eats with the elders. ~Tshi Proverb
An immoral father-in-law cannot advise his children well. ~African Proverb
As you do for your ancestors, your children will do for you. ~African Proverb
You cannot beat a child to take away its tears. ~African Proverb
If your child is dancing clumsily, tell him: 'you are dancing clumsily'; do not tell him: 'darling, do as you please.' ~Twi Proverb
A child who is to be successful is not to be reared exclusively on a bed of down. ~Akan Proverb
When a woman has ten children, there is nothing that happens in the night that she does not know about. ~Nigerian Proverb
A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is. ~Nigerian Proverb
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. ~African Proverb
A child brought up where there is always dancing cannot fail to dance. ~Nyanja Proverb
Respect a little child, and let it respect you. ~Bantu Proverb
When a man curses his own child it is a terrible thing. ~African Proverb
A child does not fear treading on dangerous ground until he or she gets hurt. ~Bukusu Proverb
When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead. ~Kenyan Proverb
It is the habit that a child forms at home, that follows them to their marriage. ~Nigerian Proverb
When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge. ~Rwandese Proverb
If a mother steals with a child strapped in the back what do you expect of the child. ~African Proverb
As you bring up a child, so he will be. ~Swahili Proverb
A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife. ~Nigerian Proverb
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children. ~Kenyan Proverb
A child is what you put into him. ~Nigerian Proverb
One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late. ~Ethiopian Proverb
A child is a child of everyone. ~Sudanese Proverb
Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. ~Bantu Proverb
When the child falls the mother weeps; when the mother falls the child laughs. ~Rwandan Proverb
Too large a morsel chokes the child. ~Mauritanian Proverb
We desire to bequest two things to our children -- the first one is roots; the other one is wings. ~Sudanese Proverb
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach. ~African Proverb
It's a bad child who does not take advice. ~Ashanti Proverb
The good mother knows what her children will eat. ~Akan Proverb
Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters. ~Ganda Proverb
A child is an axe; when it cuts you, you still pick it up and put it on your shoulder. ~Bemba Proverb
Only a mother would carry the child that bites. ~Nigerian Proverb
He who fears the crying of a child, will cry himself. ~Swahili Proverb
A child doesn't breastfeed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive. ~African Proverb
Do not make the dress before the child is born. ~Tanzanian Proverb
You only understand the joys of parenthood when you have your first child, you only understand the mystery of death when in mourning. ~Bahaya Proverb
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