“I know how art has come in and really changed my life, so to give these children that opportunity just to come into contact with art - that's wonderful.” KnowsGivingChildrenArtOpportunityKnow HowWonderfulChangedContactChanged My Life Author:Jeff Koons
“Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is pure and sweet. Rear them, if possible, amid pleasant surroundings ... Let nature teach them the lessons of good and proper living, combined with an abundance of well-balanced nourishment. Those children will grow to be the best men and women. Put the best in them by contact with the best outside. They will absorb it as a plant absorbs the sunshine and the dew.” IfsMenGivingWellsChildrenSoulGrowsWalksTeachJourneySweetWalkingDrinkLessonsPureMen And WomenPlantContactWanderPleasantAbundanceBeing The BestSunshineHikingBalancedSurroundingsDewNourishmentTrekkingStrollingSaunteringDogmatic Author:Luther Burbank
“As one scientist puts it, we can now assume that just as children need good nutrition and adequate sleep, they may very well need contact with nature.” NeedsWellsMayChildrenSleepScientistAssumingContactNutritionAdequateGood Nutrition Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“It is as his own mind comes into contact with others that truth will begin to acquire value in the child's eyes and will consequently become a moral demand that can be made upon him. As long as the child remains egocentric, truth as such will fail to interest him and he will see no harm in transposing facts in accordance with his desires.” MindChildrenLongMadeFactsEyeDesireValuesInterestMoralFailingDemandRemainsHarmContactAcquireEgocentric Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“The more the father is involved, the more easily the child makes open, receptive, and trusting contact with new people in its life.” PeopleChildrenFatherInvolvedContactReceptive Author:Warren Farrell