Quotes about children
children parent growth
More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act. Lee Haney
children blood years
Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate
children role-models parent
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.
children kids bird
I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids. Lee Iacocca
children thinking people
[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window. Laurie Colwin
children book writing
I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words. Laurie Anderson
children people transition
We have to acknowledge that adolescence is that time of transition where we begin to introduce to children that life isn't pretty, that there are difficult things, there are hard situations, it's not fair. Bad things happen to good people. Laurie Halse Anderson
children eye men
The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271
children father book
Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them
children fighting men
This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.
children father ignorance
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.
children musical theatre
There's an infantilization that happens to actresses in general - musical theatre, straight theatre, television, film - we're spoken to like children. Actors are spoken to like children a lot of the time. Laura Benanti
children giving childhood
Giving homeless children the chance to be educated, giving them this ticket to their futures, is so wonderful. They will have the chance to not repeat the suffering of their childhoods in their own families. They can build secure and safe lives for themselves and their children. Laura Bush
children librarian working-with-children
I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.
children challenges disease
An educated child is better equipped to handle all the challenges of life, from finding work to avoiding diseases like HIV/AIDS.
children book reading
Research shows us that children who are read to from a very early age are more likely to begin reading themselves at an early age. They're more likely to excell in school. They're more likely to graduate secondary school and go to college.
children book reading
When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.
children school want
I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school.
children school should-have
Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
children book reading
As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life. When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning.
children reading two
Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.
children eye imagination
Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount. Lara St. John
children believe journey
Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
children kids school
To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid. Lara Flynn Boyle
children men commit
I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.
children gay boys
I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good. Lara Stone
children ugly becoming
I’ve never dreamed of becoming a model. As a child I was bullied and insulted as ugly
children men long
As long as children and young men and women find pleasure in study, they will continue studying throughout life - and upon that depends their happiness. L. Ron Hubbard
children needs affection
It is not possible to 'spoil' a child with love and affection...a child needs all the love and affection it can possibly get.
children nations save-the-children
Save the child and you save the nation.
children gasoline sun
Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.
children pride errors
Behold our refutation of the error. It is not based on documents of faith, but on the reasons and statements of the philosophers themselves. If then anyone there be who, boastfully taking pride in his supposed wisdom, wishes to challenge what we have written, let him not do it in some corner nor before children who are powerless to decide on such difficult matters. Let him reply openly if he dare. He shall find me there confronting him, and not only my negligible self, but many another whose study is truth. Thomas Aquinas
children band turns
Being in a band turns you into a child and keeps you there. Thom Yorke