“What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.” IfsThinkingShouldChildrenLongI CanBookHardAsksBe GoodAsk MeChildren's Books Author:Astrid Lindgren
“Common sense should tell us that positively reinforcing sadistic behavior, as these games do, cannot be good for our children.” ShouldChildrenGamesCommonBehaviorOur ChildrenBe GoodCommon SensePositivelySadistic Author:Sam Brownback
“By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is dangerous. They undercut the goals of stopping the initiation of drug use to prevent addiction.... Children entering drug abuse treatment routinely report that they heard that 'pot is medicine' and, therefore, believed it to be good for them.” ChildrenStatesUseFunGoalHeardDangerousDrugAbuseMedicineAddictionBe GoodReportsTreatmentIllegalPotAfternoonSaturdayStoppingEnteringNormInitiationDrug AbuseDrug UseIllegal DrugsUndercutSaturday Afternoon Author:Andrea Barthwell
“In Bogotá, our goal was to make a city for all the children. The measure of a good city is one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can safely go anywhere. If a city is good for children, it will be good for everybody else. Over the last 80 years we have been making cities much more for cars' mobility than for children’s happiness.” IfsYearsChildrenHas BeensLastsGoalCitiesCarBe GoodBicycleMobilityTricycles Author:Enrique Penalosa