“Children have no business expressing opinions on anything except "Do you have enough room in the toes?” ChildrenFamilyChildhood Book:Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye Source: Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye
“I wasn't used to children and they were getting on my nerves. Worse, it appeared that I was a child, too. I hadn't known that before; I thought I was just short.” ChildrenUsedKnownNerves Book:Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady Source: Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady
“As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India's. Condemning elitism and simultaneously quaking in fear that our children won't become members of the elite, we send them to college, not to learn, but to "be" college graduates, rationalizing our snobbery with the cliché that high technology has eliminated the need for the manual labor that we secretly hold in contempt.” NeedsChildrenEducationClassTechnologyDemocracyCollegeMembersDegreesLaborIndiaOur ChildrenAncientAvailableDistinctionContemptGraduatesElitesManualsCastesCollege EducationCondemningElitismSnobberyCollege DegreeCollege GraduatesManual LaborAncient IndiaClass DistinctionHigh Technology Book:Lump It Or Leave It Source: Lump It Or Leave It
“Let's bring back grandmothers! A real family consists of three generations. It's time Americans stopped worrying about interference and being a burden on the children and regrouped under one roof.” ChildrenRealThreeWorryGenerationsBurdenGrandmotherRoofGrandparentGrandmaInterferenceGrandpaThree GenerationsReal Family Author:Florence King
“America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically more of an American than his parents. Americans regard children as what Mr. Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs called betters. Aping their betters, American adults do their best to turn themselves into children. Puerility exercises droit de seigneur everywhere.” ChildrenKidsAmericaTurnsNationsParentDemocracyKingsExerciseAdultsAbsolutesRegardImmigrantsMonarchyUpstairsAbsolute Monarchy Book:Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye Source: Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye