children should be seen and not heard

"Children should be seen and not heard," he told me.

"Don't ask so many questions, children should be seen and not heard!"

Gran in particular was of the opinion that children should be seen and not heard.

The adage that "children should be seen and not heard" no longer seems to apply.

"Sonny, don't you know children should be seen and not heard?"

When he asks questions I can't answer I'll just tell him children should be seen and not heard.

She was right, of course, but I looked up at her and said, "Children should be seen and not heard.

Evidently my little charge had been greatly impressed with that tired old saw, 'children should be seen and not heard'.

It's such a relief to talk when one wants to and not be told that children should be seen and not heard.

Whatever the reason, we were the beneficiaries of the last remaining bastion of that wonderful old custom:that children should be seen and not heard.

That children should be seen and not heard is a notion with which Carol Blick wholeheartedly disagrees.

"You know I told them once children should be seen and not heard," Ms. Biscardi-Mensch said.

CHILDREN should be seen and not heard" may be due for a comeback.

I felt unloved by my parents, who are the kind of people who believe children should be seen and not heard, and was unable to confide in them.

Educated by the Society of Friends, she commented: 'I developed slowly for we were strictly brought up and told that "children should be seen and not heard"'.

Their parents and grandfather listened to the babble with a tolerance no English parent (believing the rule that "children should be seen and not heard") would ever understand.

Henry and his wife were stern parents and adhered to the principle, "spare the rod and spoil the child," and "children should be seen and not heard."

"Richard generally felt that children should be seen and not heard and that if they were on field expeditions they should work to earn their keep," Meave Leakey said.

For example, 'the world is a dangerous place, there is lots to worry about', or, 'children should be seen and not heard', or, 'you are not as important as other people'.

From listening to the debate, there is almost total agreement on what we need to do when it comes to children's rights, and we have come a long way from the old adage that 'children should be seen and not heard'.

Luckily, Babs does not even see them because she is a voice on a small intercom speaker (children should be seen and not heard, and by her logic, adults should be heard and not seen).

The World War II Gulf Coast town of Bay Harbor has a prominent Baptist church, "nigra" quarters tucked discreetly across the tracks, and a tradition that well-bred children should be seen and not heard.