Tradition sometimes excludes the girl child from inheriting; or single women may not want to be perceived as pursuing too much property.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“The shock of her death froze something in me. The child I loved, was gone, but I kept looking for her -… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the most fundamental mistake most parents make with children is to expect them to be grateful. Children… — Billie Burke Copy Share Image
“The broad principle, which appears throughout this book, bears repeating. Healthy parenting can be boiled down to those two essential ingredients: love… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will… — Alma Adams Copy Share Image
“This framing accents the importance of building a tidier system, one that incorporates the array of existing child care centers, then pushes… — Bruce Fuller Copy Share Image
“Whereas the will is made of titanium and steel, the human spirit is a million times more delicate. It reflects the self-concept… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
I cannot be alone in being pretty nauseated by Red Nose Day, or at least its television manifestation. Do I think that… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“On the other side of the curtain, children were squabbling, a baby was crying, and there was the smell of rat-and-cabbage casserole.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Why do we focus on certain things at the expense of others? We will risk our lives to save a person from… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“The night was still and quiet as the three companions slept deeply. Then, a slight shudder could be felt below the earth… — Sara C. Roethle Copy Share Image
There aren't many children's books about black characters that are just going on adventures. My library has over 2,000 children's books in… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My dad had a spell when he came out of coaching doing some work with underprivileged children on quite a rough council… — Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I'd get her up… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“All her life she would associate liquor with her childhood. When she was alone and did not wish to be, a drink… — Pamela Moore Copy Share Image
Our great mistake in education is ... the worship of book-learning-the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Happiness does not come from external things as we're really taught as children. It doesn't come from Santa Claus. Happiness is from… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
She's 32, and she has three children. She loves to be pregnant but she doesn't want anymore children in her life. So… — Cheryl Tiegs Copy Share Image
As a parent, all you want is for your kids to be safe but you don’t want to be over-protective and so… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
People need to remember that to balance the federal budget off the backs of the poorest people in the country is simply… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
“We were fools.” “You were children. Was there no one to protect you?” “Was there anyone to protect you?” “My father. My… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Later, I started to understand just why these children ‘hated’ us other children. I understood that they did not, in fact, hate… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but… — Bible Copy Share Image
Be there for your children. Sit on the bed and enjoy the late-night talks—try to stay awake! Pray for the Lord to… — Bonnie D. Parkin Copy Share Image
I've chronicled the experience of the mother of a transgender child who got attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee, and… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I had such plans for this evening. The pursuit of blind drunkenness and wayward women was my goal. But alas, it was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“You must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Fewer people than you might think seem to have truly enjoyed their formative education and, for those who did not, one theme… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive...It is… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I'm really the only artist in my family. I have one cousin who is a painter. I think I developed all of… — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
And he isn't crying for her, not for his grandma, he's crying for himself: that he: too, is going to die one… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“Well I don’t know about you, but when I recall childhood pain, I don’t recall the pains of toothache, a thrashed backside,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, children need to sleep: Infants: 14 to 15 hours Toddlers: 12 to 14 hours… — David B. Agus Copy Share Image
“But a child, so recently come into the world from the void of creation, can be more resilient than the strongest man,… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
When a child of the streets stands before you in rags, with a tear-stained face, you cannot easily forget him. And yet,… — Charles Loring Brace Copy Share Image
