“If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how do you deal with the fact that the women who clean your houses and tend your children while you attend conferences on feminist theory are, for the most part, poor women and women of Color? What is the theory behind racist feminism?” IfsNeedsChildrenFactsHouseDifferencesWhitePoorDealsBehindsFeminismColorTheoryMen And WomenOur ChildrenCleanFeministOppressionYour ChildrenRacistConferencesFeminist Theory Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“As parents, we can do a great deal to further this goal by helping our children develop alternative ways of knowing the world verbally/analytically and visually/spatially. During the crucial early years, parents can help to shape a child's life in such a way that words do not completely mask other kinds of reality. My most urgent suggestions to parents are concerned with the use of words, or rather, not using words.” WorldWayYearsKindChildrenHelpingUseRealityParentGoalCan DoDealsKnowingShapesConcernedOur ChildrenAlternativesMaskCrucialSuggestionsUrgentUsing Words Author:Betty Edwards
“Just do this one thing: promise yourself you'll never deal underhanded to anybody. You'll be honest in all of your business dealings. That is hard. Conquer that one. Demand it of yourself. Demand a higher standard for yourself and your children and do it.” ChildrenHardDealsOne ThingHonestHigherPromiseDemandStandardsOur ChildrenConquerBeing HonestYour ChildrenDealingsHigher Standards Author:Glenn Beck
“If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.” IfsGivingChildrenSelfAbleSoundDealsSelf LoveOur Children Author:Bell Hooks
“Our greatest obligation to our children is to prepare them to understand and to deal effectively with the world in which they will live and not with the world we have known or the world we would prefer to have.” WorldChildrenDealsKnownOur ChildrenObligation Author:Grayson L. Kirk
“See to it, night and day, that you pray for your children. Then you will leave them a great legacy of answers to prayer, which will follow them all the days of their life. Then you may calmly and with a good conscience depart from them, even though you may not leave them a great deal of material wealth.” MayChildrenNightWealthPrayerAnswersDealsMaterialsPrayingConscienceOur ChildrenLegacyYour ChildrenAnswers To PrayerMaterial WealthPraying For You Author:Ole Hallesby
“If your child dies, or you witness a terrible natural disaster, yes, you certainly want a scientific explanation as to what's happened. But science can't help you to find meaning, help you deal with that turbulence of your grief, rage, and dismay.” IfsWantChildrenHelpingDiesNaturalDealsGriefHappenedTerribleOur ChildrenRageDisasterWitnessYour ChildrenExplanationFind MeNatural DisasterTurbulenceDismay Author:Karen Armstrong
“Some may say [journal keeping] is a great deal of trouble. But we should not call anything trouble which brings to pass good. I consider that portion of my life which has been spent in keeping journals and writing history to have been very profitably spent. - "If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it.” IfsShouldWritingMayChildrenHas BeensReadingViewsDealsPayTroubleOur ChildrenPrivilegeMotivePortionsJournalTime SpentKeeping A JournalWriting History Author:Wilford Woodruff