“Helping children at a level of genuine intellectual inquiry takes imagination on the part of the adult. Even more, it takes the courage to become a resource in unfamiliar areas of knowledge and in ones for which one has no taste. But parents, no less than teachers, must respect a child's mind and not exploit it for their own vanity or ambition, or to soothe their own anxiety.” MindChildrenHelpingParentImaginationLevelsTeacherTasteAnxietyAmbitionIntellectualAdultsResourcesAreasGenuineVanityInquiryExploitsUnfamiliarHelping Children Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“I think it's almost necessary for most people to have the freedom to pull back, and then re-enter at an adult level, where they are neither playing the victim nor creating victims, but just participating in calm, adult behavior. Because an awful lot of churches just aren't there at adult Christianity, this seems to be the norm anymore.” PeopleThinkingSeemsChurchLevelsChristianityBehaviorCreatingAdultsVictimCalmAwfulNormParticipating Author:Richard Rohr
“I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.” WritingImportantBookYoungLevelsAdultsYoung AdultBeing The BestOur FutureVery Deep Author:Ellen Hopkins
“Young children learn in a different manner from that of older children and adults, yet we can teach them many things if we adapt our materials and mode of instruction to their level of ability. But we miseducate young children when we assume that their learning abilities are comparable to those of older children and that they can be taught with materials and with the same instructional procedures appropriate to school-age children.” IfsChildrenDifferentAgeSchoolYoungAbilityLevelsTeachChildhoodTaughtMaterialsAdultsAssumingAppropriateInstructionProceduresYoung ChildrenEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Book:Miseducation: preschoolers at risk Source: Miseducation: preschoolers at risk
“Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and reach approximately the same level of development at maturity. While a particular culture's need and expectations and teaching will shape the course of development and affect adult capabilities to some degree, normal individuals, whatever their native culture, if transplanted and taught, could learn to meet the normal demands of their adapted cultures.” IfsNeedsChildrenCultureCoursesIndividualSexLevelsTeachingTaughtParticularDevelopmentShapesDemandDegreesNormalStandardsExpectationsAdultsUniversalPatternsMaturityNativeCapabilityAdaptedDevelopmentalTimetables Book:Daughters: from infancy to independence Source: Daughters: from infancy to independence
“We must establish all over the country schools of our own to train our own children to become scientists, to become mathematicians. We must realize the need for adult education and for job retraining programs that will emphasize a changing society in which automation plays the key role. We intend to use the tools of education to help raise our people to an unprecedented level of excellence and self respect through their own efforts.” PeopleNeedsChildrenSelfCountryPlayHelpingUseSchoolJobsRealizingLevelsEffortRolesKeysAdultsProgramToolsScientistRaisesTrainExcellenceSelf RespectMathematicianUnprecedentedAutomationAdult Education Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“It's interesting to be an adult and to have that level of ignorance about something, because the nice part about is you get that discovery. The learning curve is so rich and steep.” InterestingLevelsRichNiceIgnoranceDiscoveryAdultsCurvesSteepLearning Curve Author:Demetri Martin
“A lot of times you'll do a movie, and you'll be working with adults with families and kids and stuff. There's a level - you guys aren't going to be hanging out every second, you know?” KnowsKidsGuyStuffLevelsAdultsHanging OutEvery Second Author:Nat Wolff
“I come from an art history background. I studied at a master's degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life. A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.” ArtArtistSidesLevelsMastersHeroDegreesAdultsMusicalBackgroundsArtisticMy HeroArt HistoryDork Author:Black Francis
“I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.” IfsWantTwoHomeKidsWinningLevelsWatchesBloodAdultsDancingScaredViolentTeenagerDirtyGutsScreamGreat TimesDate MovieViolent Movies Author:Eli Roth
“It's a little bit annoying, because it feels like everybody's taking the power away from you. Everybody's taking your adult life away from you. On one level, I used to resent it.” FeelsLittlesUsedBitsLevelsLittle BitAdultsAnnoyingResentAway From You Author:Mara Wilson
“We used to have adults who set standards, moral standards, cultural standards, legal standards. They were better than we were. They gave us something to aspire to. They were people that we described as having dignity and character. That's all gone now, particularly the upper levels of the Democrat Party. There isn't any of that kind of decency, dignity, character, morality.” PeopleKindCharacterUsedLevelsPartyMoralGoneMoralityStandardsAdultsDignityDemocratAspireDecency Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.” MeanSelfPlayEnjoyLevelsHonestAdultsAffectionBeing HonestBehaveLicenseGeekLiberatingLike SomethingBeing AfraidEmote Author:Simon Pegg