“My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.” SocialEmotionalOffersSkillsTrainingAdultsProgramOrganizationIncludingInjusticeRangeEmotional IntelligenceAdult EducationTraining ProgramsSocial Intelligence Author:Daniel Goleman
“Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults - including James Thurber, Orson Welles, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.” ShowsKidsTalkingAdultsIncludingLyricistsSondheimThurber Author:Tom Shales
“By the age of 18, the average child has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence, including 18,000 simulated murders, on television. It is not always easy to provide clear, consistent structure for children, but providing it often helps keep children safe and helps them grow to be responsible adults.” ChildrenHelpingAgeGrowsEasyClearViolenceMediaTelevisionSafeAdultsMurderResponsibleStructureIncludingAverageConsistentProvidingBeing ResponsibleActs Of ViolenceMedia Violence Author:Jean Illsley Clarke
“We cannot know the young child's personality by studying his systems of interest, for his attention is as yet too labile, his reactions impulsive, and interests unformed. From adolescence onward, however, the surest clue to personality is the hierarchy of interests, including the loves and loyalties of adult life.” KnowsChildrenYoungInterestAttentionStudyPersonalityAdultsIncludingLoyaltyReactionsAdolescenceClueHierarchyYoung ChildrenImpulsiveLove And Loyalty Book:Becoming; Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality Source: Becoming; Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality
“There are many kinds of adult adversities that can provoke severe psychological distress, including debt and unemployment, dysfunctional marital relationships and occupational stress. The reality is that the social causes of mental ill-health are all around us.” KindRealitySocialCausesAdultsStressAdversityIncludingIllDebtPsychologicalProvokingDistressSevereUnemploymentIll Health Author:Richard Bentall
“As a young adult, I began to read widely in history, philosophy, and religion - including the Bible. I began to feel that a purely secular view of life was incomplete and that the universe was a fundamentally spiritual place.” FeelsPhilosophySpiritualYoungUniverseViewsAdultsIncludingYoung AdultSecularIncompletePhilosophy And Religion Author:Mike Berenstain
“As a society, almost one 1 of 2 adults has a chronic disease of one form or another. And where we're spending $3 trillion a year not on a healthcare system, but on a sick-care system that tries to patch us up after we've been made ill by a variety of institutional things around us - including a sick food system, air pollution, etc. Where we could be doing so much better even before people get to the point of getting sick.” PeopleTryingYearsMadeCareFormAirDiseaseAdultsSickIncludingIllSpendingVarietyEtcHealthcarePollutionPatchesAir Pollution Author:Jill Stein
“Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical stories were enjoyed by listeners young and old alike, while literary fairy tales (including most of the tales that are best known today) were published primarily for adult readers until the 19th century.” ThinkingChildrenIdeasStoriesTodayYoungKnownModernCenturyReaderAdultsTraditionIncludingTalesEnjoyedFairyFairy TaleListeners19th CenturyYoung ChildrenYoung And OldOral Tradition Author:Terri Windling