“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.” WantWritingChildrenHandsAbleSchoolParentStudySpecialDemandTestsEarsMy ChildrenShakesStatisticsContractsPublic SchoolAccountingCalculusPrepsSpecial Education Author:Amity Shlaes
“Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government’s introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying.” ChildrenImportantEndsGovernmentActionTogetherStepsIssuesClearAwarenessCrimeDemandOur ChildrenBillsCampaignsOnlineWorking TogetherIntroduction Author:Peter MacKay
“People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.” PeopleChildrenTwoFacesCareersDemandScales Author:Jodi Kantor
“The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be able to solve in the next few years, and it's likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren. We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.” IfsWorldYearsChildrenProblemAbleNextEnergyActingCenturyBalanceDemandResourcesOur ChildrenCrisisSolveSelfishAlternativesDecentOur FutureGrandchildrenOverwhelmedShrinkingChildren And GrandchildrenBeing SelfishEnergy CrisisActing Now Author:Jimmy Carter
“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.” IfsMenChildrenScienceNatureNaturalAnswersFineDemandIntellectualOur ChildrenVicesCertaintyYour ChildrenDisappointedWetNeverthelessDoubtfulDogmaticPicnicsDisappointed In You Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68 Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
“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
“No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.” MenChildrenMadeHardDoneNightHoursMomDemandOrdinaryResponsibleEulogySingle MomSmall ChildWork Done Book:Works Source: Works
“The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.” MenNeedsMindChildrenBodyDesireGoalPresidentCommunityCitiesQualityBeautyTalentDemandConcernedHungerPresidentialGoodsQuantityCommerceGreat Society Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!” NeedsLooksKindChildrenEyeParentVoiceTeachingSweetDemandBehaviorObediencePleasantBitternessUnreasonableInconsistentAffectionateKind WordsGood BehaviorBright EyesScoldingSweet Voice Author:Brigham Young
“Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.” WayChildrenHelpingTogetherNumbersAttentionWifeFailingHusbandDemandFaultsInstanceHusband And WifeConcentratingArmourHusband Wife Author:Richard Armour
“As a small child me and my pals fantasised about one day owning an ice-cream van. To have ice creams on demand would have been a dream come true.” ChildrenHas BeensDreamOne DayDemandIceCreamDreams Come TrueIce CreamVansSmall ChildPals Author:Erin O'Connor
“You must learn to look at people who are angry with you straight in the eye without getting angry back. When children see their parents treating them this way, they then recognize the parents' authority. It speaks louder than words. Their new respect for the parents is as good for them as it is for the parents. It never works to demand respect of children. It must be given willingly as a result of strength of good character in the parents, which is manifested by their non-reaction to stress in the children.” PeopleWayLooksChildrenCharacterEyeSpeakGivenParentResultsDemandAuthorityStressAngryReactionsBack WhenGood Character Author:Roy Masters
“Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software, for nothing? Does anyone demand a licensing fee, each time a child is taught the alphabet?” InspirationalGivingChildrenDoeMotivationalEducationTeacherTaughtDemandSoftwareLicenseAlphabetFeesLicensing Author:William Gibson
“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 system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit.” KnowsWayChildrenMadeGrowsFitDemandAdultsBasesMethodIgnorantMade ItOperationsGears Author:Steven Biko