“my face I don't mind it, Because I'm behind it-- 'Tis the folks in the front that I jar.” Quote by Anthony Euwer
“If you're going to spend a long time locked in somebody's basement, take a professor with you.” IfsLongTeacherTeachingLong TimeProfessorsLockedBasementsHostage Author:Terry H. Anderson
“The greatest part of each day, each year, each lifetime is made up of small, seemingly insignificant moments. Those moments may becooking dinner...relaxing on the porch with your own thoughts after the kids are in bed, playing catch with a child before dinner, speaking out against a distasteful joke, driving to the recycling center with a week's newspapers. But they are not insignificant, especially when these moments are models for kids.” YearsMayChildrenMadeMomentsKidsFamilyWeekBedModelsJokesLifetimeDinnerDrivingNewspapersEach DayInsignificantRecyclingPorchSpeaking OutDistasteful Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Our children need to be able to see us take a stand for a value and against injustices, be those values and injustices in the family room, the boardroom, the classroom, or on the city streets.” NeedsChildrenAbleValuesRoomsCitiesStreetsOur ChildrenInjusticeClassroomCity Streets Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Every time a child organizes and completes a chore, spends some time alone without feeling lonely, loses herself in play for an hour, or refuses to go along with her peers in some activity she feels is wrong, she will be building meaning and a sense of worth for herself and harmony in her family.” FeelsChildrenPlayFeelingsHoursLosesBuildingActivityLonelyHarmonyRefusePeersOrganizeMe AloneChoresFeeling LonelyAlone Time Author:Barbara Coloroso
“The best time to start giving your children money is when they will no longer eat it. Basically, when they don't put it in their mouths, they can start putting it in their bank.” GivingChildrenMouthsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenBest Times Author:Barbara Coloroso
“There is one thing you and I as parents cannot do, not do we want to do if we really think about it, and that's control our children's will--that spirit that lets them be themselves apart from you and me. They are not ours to possess, control, manipulate, or even to make mind.” IfsThinkingWantMindChildrenSpiritParentOne ThingOur ChildrenIndividualityManipulate Author:Barbara Coloroso
“It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.” MenHeartHandsEyeHateFallPrideWeakShameBlindLegsEasterBlindnessLameLove Is BlindWeak ManHearts And Hands Author:Ben Harper
“We need to encourage members of this next generation to become all that they can become, not try to force them to become what we want them to become. . . . You and I can't even begin to dream the dreams this next generation is going to dream, or answer the questions that will be put to them.” WantNeedsTryingI CanDreamNextForceAnswersGenerationsMembersNext Generation Author:Barbara Coloroso
“I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts assertively andnonviolently. If in their early years our children learn to listen to all sides of the story, use their heads and then their mouths, and come up with a plan and share, then, when they become our leaders, and some of them will, they will have the tools to handle global problems and conflict.” IfsYearsBelieveChildrenStoriesUseProblemNextI BelieveSidesLeaderTeachPlansGenerationsSharePlanetsConflictMouthsToolsOur ChildrenCome UpHandleNext Generation Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily led in their teen years, because they still seek the same two things: approval and the pleasing their peers. Strong-willed children are never easily led by anybody--not by you, but also not by their peers. So celebrate your child's strength of will throughout the early years...and know that the independent thinking you are fostering will serve him well in the critical years to come.” ThinkingKnowsYearsWellsChildrenStillsTwoYoungStrongAdultsIndependentIndependenceCriticalCelebrateYour ChildrenTwo ThingsThriveApprovalPeersStrength Of WillIndependent ThinkingStrong WilledFostering Author:Barbara Coloroso