“I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.” YearsChildrenTwoFeelingsKidsSchoolJoyPurposeThreeEasyLossFiveFourAnxietyStressOur ChildrenCombinationWelfareExcitementTwo YearsFour YearsIrrationalNestsDepartureEasy ThingsTwo Year OldsPre School Author:Vera Farmiga
“The welfare of our children is our main concern, and their best interests are our first priority.” FirstsChildrenInterestConcernOur ChildrenPrioritiesWelfare Author:Eddie Murphy
“I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), .. The students that came to that class had children. And over a period of a few years, they decided they wanted a nursery school, a play group (to watch over their children while they were studying). So in one of the garages that was near where we were having the classes, we established a play group area and the students volunteered to supervise. That eventually led to building a state-licensed nursery school, which was approved by the California department of social welfare.” YearsChildrenStatesPlayWantedSchoolSocialClassWatchesStudyPsychologyGroupsStudentsBuildingPeriodsAreasDecidedSeriesCaliforniaWelfareDepartmentInstituteGarageApprovedNurserySocial WelfareNursery School Author:Dorothy Nolte
“I think that the whole child welfare system has to be totally taken apart and built up again. Have an agency just specifically for those follow-up cases.” ThinkingChildrenWholeCasesTakenBuiltWelfareAgencyFollow Up Author:Kim Edwards
“Most child welfare agencies tend to embrace secrecy because the people who lead them tend to be mediocre and don't want you to see how poor a job they are doing.” PeopleWantChildrenJobsPoorEmbraceWelfareAgencyMediocreSecrecy Author:Richard Wexler
“Each child represents either a potential addition to the protective capacity and enlightened citizenship of the nation or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a potential addition to the destructive forces of a community. . . . The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this array of children no less than in our great material affairs.” IfsChildrenSufferingForceNationsInterestCommunityMaterialsInvolvedCapacityAffairWelfareDestructiveEnlightenedNeglectCitizenshipProtective Author:Theodore Roosevelt