“Competitive skills are desperately needed by poor children in America, and realistic recognition of the economic roles that they may someday have an opportunity to fill is obviously important, too. But there is more to life, and there ought to be much more to childhood, than readiness for economic functions.” MayChildrenImportantAmericaOpportunityPoorRolesEconomicChildhoodOughtNeededSkillsFunctionRecognitionSomedayRealisticReadinessMore To LifePoor Children Author:Jonathan Kozol
“I have seven step-siblings from my mother's second and third marriages. My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help I would be there for them.” PeopleIfsHelpingWould BeMotherStepsFourChildhoodNeededDegreesThirdsSevenLoyaltySiblingVaryCloseness Author:Ann Patchett
“At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.” YearsCareMotherFatherChanceMy OwnBoysChildhoodSonNeededMovedMy SonLooking BackBetter LifeSimilarityMy Boys Author:Dwyane Wade
“Four or five years - nothing at all. But no one over thirty could understand this peculiarly weighted and condensed time, from late teens to early twenties, a stretch of life that needed a name, from school leaver to salaried professional, with a university and affairs and death and choices in between. I had forgotten how recent my childhood was, how long and inescapable it once seemed. How grown up and how unchanged I was.” YearsLongSchoolChoicesNamesFiveFourChildhoodNeededLateTwentiesUniversityAffairForgottenThirtyFive YearsTeensLeavers Author:Ian Mcewan
“We want the world to focus on children whose lives have been devastated by AIDS. The millions of children who are missing their parents; their childhood, their future but most importantly, they are missing YOU. Everyone can make a real difference. Your voice is needed in a global movement that can change their world.” WorldWantChildrenHas BeensRealFightingParentVoiceDifferencesMillionsFocusChildhoodMissingMovementNeededAidsHivDevastatedHiv Aids Author:Pierce Brosnan
“Everyone’s childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don’t know if I’m just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself — or maybe for the first time connecting with reality. How do we know the pain or another’s earlier years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a lot of leeway is needed for the other — yet how much is unhealthy for one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept — as much as one can bear.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayGivingYearsFirstsPlayRealityPainAcceptingWonderChildhoodBearsNeededGiving UpFirst TimeConclusionDragConnectingUnhealthyResigning Author:Marilyn Monroe