Children thrive in a variety of family forms; they develop normally with single parents, with unmarried parents, with multiple caretakers in a… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
“The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, estimated that the hedge fund loophole cost the government over $6 billion a year—the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Forgiving is an affair strictly between a victim and a victimizer. Everyone else should step aside...The worst wounds I ever felt were… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Our real human nature is revealed better when we are confronted with limited situations, and I think that life itself is an… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A widening circle of researchers believes that the loss of natural habitat, or the disconnection from nature even when it is available,… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
They [creative children] ask more questions than most children. They're usually spontaneous and enthusiastic.Their ideas are unique and occasionally strike other kids… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A great psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich , was asked once—because he was studying children, their problems—he was asked, 'What is the most basic… — Osho Copy Share Image
I’m writing this in part to tell you that if you ever wonder what you’ve done in your life, and everyone does… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Yes, our Father has a plan, Ciminae,” he said. “But he leaves it up to his children to accept his will. It… — Shaun F. Messick Copy Share Image
“My aim is to sort the jumble of information we throw at these children and present it in such a way that… — Adele Devine Copy Share Image
We had absolutely no experience in writing kids books and its a very competitive market. But we buy and read a lot… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
Our critics would love nothing more for us to go away and just be quiet. And we won't give them that satisfaction.… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
“As the body and mind deteriorate, the dying are not less themselves. Dementia steals the faculties for expressing the self—language, memory, personality—but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Norah looked at her son’s tiny face, surprised, as always, by his name. he had not grown into it yet, he still… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
When abused children under court protection were studied in California and Massachusetts, it turned out that a disproportionate number of them were… — Nancy Etcoff Copy Share Image
If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
“I'll always remember being called by my mother who beckoned me to look at the screen where a young man was being… — Merlin Copy Share Image
The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
For me the breakthrough was the realization that I wasn't the center of the universe or even the centre of my own… — Shaun Micallef Copy Share Image
All of that is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“many of us, as immigrants—or our parents or our grandparents—had chosen to leave our pasts behind just as the Goldens were now… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Grace under pressure isn't just about bullfighters and men at war. It's about getting up every day to face a job or… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
When Benedict dies, he will have the pleasure of standing before whatever furious God he believes in, to answer for how it… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“Peer-oriented kids are repelled by similarity to their parents and want to be as different as possible from them. Since sameness means… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Sports is good for health and for children, it gives them manhood, courage, teaches them team work and coordination. Sports is something… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
You were born a daughter/ You looked up to your mother. You looked up to your father. You looked up at everyone.… — Nike Women Copy Share Image
Ever since I was very young, as far back as I can remember, I have loved making pictures. I knew even as… — Eric Carle Copy Share Image
The private sector granted bursaries [scholarships] for the children of their workers. Some of them built homes for their workers. They had… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
“Surely our people do not understand even yet the rich heritage that is theirs. There can be nothing in the world more… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“It's sad that the murdering of children abroad is a normality within our present day and within our culture as Americans. On… — Kenneth G. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I was born in a part of Tamil Nadu notorious for eliminating the girl child. I was the third daughter born to… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
My childhood memories reside somewhere in my subconscious part of my brain. Somehow I feel that my subconscious part creates far more… — Akram Khan Copy Share Image
Kids who participate in school meal programs get roughly half of their calories each day at school. ... This is an extraordinary… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“In the problem of women was the germ of a solution, not only for their oppression, but for everybody's. The control of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“But I will tell you what I say to my children: 'Go where you will; commit what crime you may; fall to… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely… — Carol P. Christ Copy Share Image