“When the babies were very young, I found it difficult to write. I told myself each time that it would be different, I was used to it now, but with every child, for the first four months, I would accomplish nothing.” WritingFirstsChildrenDifferentWould BeYoungUsedFoundDifficultFourBabyMonthsAccomplishAccomplish Nothing Author:Ayelet Waldman
“To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.” MindChildrenLife IsPurposeParentEducationTeachAccomplishPleasantLeisureHarvardLiberal Education Author:Joseph Joubert
“It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction. Children work very hard in their purposeful endeavors in the world, when they have ends they want to accomplish themselves. It is meaningless teaching, not learning, that demands irrelevant incentives.” WorldWantNeedsChildrenEndsHardInterestTeachingDemandTasksRewardsSatisfactionAccomplishEndeavorMeaninglessIrrelevantIncentivesAttendingLibel Author:Frank Smith
“You are 100 percent responsible for how your children turn out. And you accomplish that by teaching them that they are 100 percent responsible for how they turn out.” ChildrenTurnsResponsibilityFamilyTeachingPercentResponsibleOur ChildrenAccomplishYour Children Author:Peter Koestenbaum