“It is within the family that children learn the values that will guide them for the rest of their lives. It is within the family that they form their earliest relationships, learn to communicate with others and interact with the world around them. It is within the family that the notion of human rights becomes a reality lived on a daily basis. If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.” IfsWorldHumansChildrenRealityFormValuesNationsRightsShapesBasesNotionHuman RightsCommunicateGuidesToleranceTranslateEquityFamily Life Author:Kofi Annan
“Reality does appear to exist, there does appear to be birth, youth, people appear to have children. But all of it's a dream. These are isolated moments that are only connected by perception. There is no separation.” PeopleChildrenDoeMomentsDreamRealityAwarenessYouthBuddhismBirthPerceptionConnectedSeparationIsolated Author:Frederick Lenz
“Finally, it is important to make it clear that imagination is not an exercise for those detached from reality, those who live in the air. On the contrary, when we imagine something, we do it necessarily conditioned by a lack in our concrete reality. When children imagine free and happy schools, it is because their real schools deny them freedom and happiness.” ChildrenImportantRealRealitySchoolImaginationClearImagineAirSocietyExerciseDenyContraryConcreteDetachedFreedom And Happiness Author:Paulo Freire
“As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.” TryingChildrenRealityKidsDifferencesLibraryListsLocalsCardsHomosexualityTopicsRecognizingPublic LibraryCataloguesLibrary Cards Author:James McGreevey
“Every single American can exclaim, 'Nothing justifies what they did in New York and Washington,' not even the bombs that our government has dropped on them for ten years or the embargo that has caused the deaths of so many children. That's of course true...The issue is simply an acceptance of reality and a fundamental fact of life: When governments do bad things to people, people sometimes retaliate.” PeopleYearsChildrenSometimesFactsRealityGovernmentCoursesIssuesNew YorkAcceptanceTenFundamentalsBombsJustifyBad ThingsFacts Of LifeEmbargo Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“I think Santa Claus is, by and large, quite beneficial, for when the child is finally allowed -- or forced -- to recognize the nonexistence of Santa Claus, then the child is able to go through the vital intellectual process of reconstructing reality in light of new evidence, complete with back-forming new stories to account for past events. This prepares the child for many other disillusionments and gives her vital and well-supported experience in maintaining her grip on reality independent of the stories told to her at any given time.” ThinkingGivingWellsChildrenStoriesRealityLightAblePastGivenProcessEventsIntellectualEvidenceAccountsIndependentMaintainingBeneficialSantaSanta ClausDisillusionmentPast EventsReconstructing Author:Orson Scott Card
“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality," says one of my favorite Byzantine mystics. I did this when a child; I do it now as well in the most creative moments of my life.” WellsChildrenMomentsRealityEyeCreativeMy FavoriteByzantine Book:Report to Greco Source: Report to Greco
“I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book.” FirstsChildrenBookDreamRealityLastsBecomingHopefullyPublicationChildren's BooksHopefully Not Author:Gloria Estefan
“If men and women were equal, everybody would have the same values.Because at this point in time, many women feel compelled to care for the children, feel empathetically into another person's reality, more so than many men who often are on more of a straight-shooting path towards achievement come what may.” IfsMenFeelsMayChildrenPersonsRealityCareValuesPathEqualAchievementMen And WomenShootingCompelled Author:Elizabeth Lesser