The age-old mistake, which has stunted countless lives, is the assumption that because physical hardship in childhood makes you physically tough, emotional… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“When they were children at Loeanneth they'd spent the summer in and out of the water, their skin turning brown beneath the… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
“before, has it?” Molly shook her head. “No. But I still want him home.” She smiled at the sight of her three… — Ann Shorey Copy Share Image
A huge dollar bill is the most accurate way to teach children the real motto of the United States: In the Almighty… — Kyrsten Sinema Copy Share Image
When I was still a child, there was the Metaxis, a Fascist Youth Movement in which all subteenagers and teenagers were obligatory… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
When I go to Florida for Christmas I always take my nieces and nephews out on excursions, ... I become like a… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
“What is the shocking weakness in virtually every man you know well? The whimpering like children when they're ill. The need for… — Nikki Gemmell Copy Share Image
There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
The life I've had, the difficulties, the hardships, the pain I've suffered since I was a child. It's a great privilege to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My main priority now is that my kids are happy; that's my number-one focus in life. Are these little people happy, content,… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
The Taliban should keep it in mind that one of us has to die one day. And if I die early, it… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“Just as Sarah Keeler had taught me that children die, Wendy taught me that you don't have to wade through the insanity;… — Monica Holloway Copy Share Image
For me, having a child was that cliched, life-altering experience where everything took on a different meaning. Things that had once been… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“We watch them grow, with sadness and amazement and fear. We have stepped away, but not entirely away. They know this. They… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Both the quantity and quality of the words children hear during their first three years of life make an enormous difference in… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
In my journey to becoming an artist who writes, I tend to start my idea process with simple, concrete messages that relate… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
For years to come the debris of a convulsed world will beset our steps. It will require a purpose stronger than any… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“At the end of each day, Elizabeth read to me. She had shelves and shelves of children's classics, dusty hardcovers with stamped… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
I teach child development and social policy as an undergraduate course, and I tell my students, "Look, on any of these issues,… — Edward Zigler Copy Share Image
Since I had children I have taken huge amounts of time off. In a way it's a really good thing, in this… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
“to have poor shame tolerance. They learned in childhood to manage feelings of inadequacy by adopting unhealthy coping mechanisms to forestall or… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
My daughters had helped me to stop worrying about my appearance over the years. I wasted so many years thinking I wasn't… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
It is important to communicate to children about what we are going through. We often speak in half truths. We don't frame… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
“The child identifies with the parent who has been betrayed because he is suffering immeasurable loss as well—the loss of trust in… — Ana Nogales Copy Share Image
This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But… — Theodore von Karman Copy Share Image
Children smile 400 times a day on average ... adults 15 times. Children laugh 150 times a day ... adults 6 times… — Robert Holden Copy Share Image
Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
The knowledge exists by which universal happiness can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilization for that purpose is the teaching… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I made Children of God because I had to make it. And with Cargo, I also felt like I had to. The… — Kareem Mortimer Copy Share Image
“If this were a war year, if this were 1918 or 1944, I wouldn't be the only girl whose dad was never… — Jordan Weisman Copy Share Image
True freedom requires taking responsibility for your own life. That frightens the hell out of too many people. They prefer to have… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
Very often mothers go to work right away after the child is born and, unless the father or someone else stays home,… — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“I Have a Dream... someday my son, Zyon and ALL individuals with disabilities will be seen as HUMAN beings. I Have a… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
Despite the debunking, you have a small group in the last five years that hasn't wanted to vaccinate their children, for instance,… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
“What are you two in here doing?” I ask, seeing Pandora and our daughter, Lavender, playing. “I’m teaching her how to throw… — Alexa Riley Copy Share Image
“This is important to writing. . . that is, it is important to my own writing. This. . . is landscape! Mine.… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I'm being sincere and I'm being human. I'm making mistakes or I'm doing things correctly, but I'm being human regardless. I'm talking… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
