“When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their lives. They haven't learned how to sit down and discuss things.” ChildrenDealsHavensCoupleResourcesDown AndCrisisBusy Author:Janet McTeer
“The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that this prophetic summons will challenge everyone, at all levels of society, to reject every form of corruption which diverts resources from the poor, and to make concerted efforts to ensure the inclusion of every man and woman and child in the life of the community.” MenYearsChildrenFormCommunityChallengesPoorLevelsEffortMen And WomenResourcesCorruptionEvery ManRejectsInclusionBishopsPropheticPhilippines Author:Pope Francis
“We don't have the money in America to keep paying for the education of everybody else's children from around the world. We simply don't have the financial resources to do that.” WorldChildrenAmericaResourcesFinancialAround The WorldFinancial Resources Author:Mo Brooks
“The fact is that there is enough food in the world for everyone. But tragically, much of the world's food and land resources are tied up in producing beef and other livestock-food for the well off-while millions of children and adults suffer from malnutrition and starvation.” WorldWellsChildrenEnoughFactsSufferingMillionsLandAdultsResourcesHungerVegetarianTiedStarvationBeefMalnutritionTied UpWorld HungerLivestockEnding HungerHunger And PovertyHunger For FoodFood Banks Author:Walden Bello
“Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume as much of the world's resources as twenty children born in India. Deliberate and calculated waste is the central aspect of the American economy. We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.” WorldYearsChildrenProblemEarthBornEconomyAirWasteResourcesBuiltAspectThirdsIndiaTwentiesWestAverageToxicFourthConsumptionConsumerismDeliberateOverconsumptionOverpopulationAmerican EconomyToxic Waste Author:Richard J. Foster
“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
“Medicaid protects impoverished children, the frail elderly and people in crisis, .. Its limited resources will be further stretched serving hurricane victims. Proponents of Medicaid cuts either undervalue Medicaid assistance or underestimate American compassion.” PeopleChildrenCompassionCuttingProtectResourcesCrisisVictimServingUnderestimateAssistanceElderlyHurricanesFrailMedicaidLimited Resources Author:Sherrod Brown
“If there is any one duty which more than another we owe it to our children and our children's children to perform at once, it is to save the forests of this country, for they constitute the first and most important element in the conservation of the natural resources of this country.” IfsFirstsChildrenImportantCountryNaturalTreeDutyElementsResourcesOur ChildrenForestsConservationNatural Resources Book:Presidential addresses and state papers Source: Presidential addresses and state papers
“The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If we of this generation destroy the resources from which our children would otherwise derive their livelihood, we reduce the capacity of our land to support a population, and so either degrade the standard of living or deprive the coming generations of their fight to life on this continent.” IfsChildrenGovernmentFightingLibertySupportRightsGenerationsLandCitizensStandardsResourcesCapacityFunctionOur ChildrenPopulationPursuitContinentsPursuit Of HappinessHereafterLivelihoodDegradeStandards Of LivingThis GenerationLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessRights To Life Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.” NeedsChildrenPlanetsResourcesAccessCommitEnablingAccess To Education Author:Adam Braun
“When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, their isn't a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes.” WorldChildrenStatesLostCausesParentLosesLossUnitedUnited StatesMonthsBirthResourcesDuesPartnersAround The WorldPregnancySpouseDefectsWidowsOrphanMiscarriageSidsStillbirthBirth DefectsLost ChildWidowers Author:Ronald Reagan
“The kindergarten children are confident in spirit, infinite in resources, and eager to learn. Everything is still possible.” ChildrenStillsSpiritResourcesInfiniteKindergarten Book:Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door Source: Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
“The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution of the Arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources, or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of the most stunning aspects of their culture and one of the most potent means for developing their minds.” WorldMindMeanChildrenArtCultureTeacherResourcesAspectFundamentalsDenyAccessDevelopingContributionNeglectInadequateStunning Author:Elliot W. Eisner
“I get upset when so many people say there are all sorts of problems in Africa and India where they have these big families. They don't realize that 10 children in rural Tanzania will use less natural resources in a year than one middle class American child. People don't think like that.” PeopleThinkingYearsChildrenUseProblemBigsRealizingNaturalClassMiddleResourcesIndiaUpsetMiddle ClassNatural ResourcesBig FamiliesTanzania Author:Jane Goodall
“Right now, we say in a traditional home one parent stays home with the children and the other provides the financial support for that family. That is the acceptable and right thing to do. If we begin to expand that, not only do we dilute the resources that are available, we begin to dilute things like health care, retirement, all the things offered to families that help them be a family.” IfsChildrenHelpingHomeCareParentSupportRight NowResourcesFinancialAvailableTraditionalHealth CareThings To DoRight ThingRetirementAcceptableFinancial Support Author:Sharron Angle