“Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking were dangerous for women. Articles in the Lancet declared that women's brains would burst and their uteruses atrophy if they engaged in any form of rigorous thinking. The famous physician J.D. Kellogg insisted that novel reading was the greatest cause of uterine disease among young women and urged parents to protect their daughters from the dreaded consequences of print.” IfsThinkingWritingWellsFormYoungReadingCausesParentBrainNovelCenturyDangerousProtectDiseaseDaughterConsequenceMedicineEngagedBranchesPrintSexismArticlesPhysiciansYoung Women19th CenturyAtrophyReading WritingUterusWriting And Thinking Author:Dale Spender
“My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.” GivingWould BeFightingLeftParentDifficultMy OwnChildhoodBattleDiseaseGiving UpWarriorSubstitutesStableStoic Author:Joni Mitchell
“All parents want their offspring to be exemplars of virtue and achievement and happiness. But most of all, we want desperately for you to be safe - safe from disease and violence and self-destruction.” WantSelfParentVirtueViolenceSafeDiseaseAchievementDestructionOffspringSelf Destruction Author:Estelle Ramey
“Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.” WorldChildrenParentSinQualityDiseaseOur ChildrenBurdenHeavyCarrieEnteringHeavy Burdens Author:Bob Edwards
“Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.” SpiritualValuesParentMoralTerribleDiseaseStandardsConcernedAbandonedProtectiveComplicationStandards And Values Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Tolerance sounds like a virtue, and at times it may be. [But should] a parent be tolerant of behavior that is harming a child? Or the police be tolerant of criminals who prey upon others? Should doctors be tolerant of disease, or public schoolteachers tolerant of any answer on an exam, no matter how wrong?” ShouldMayChildrenMatterParentSoundAnswersVirtueDiseaseBehaviorDoctorsPoliceCriminalsTolerancePreyPublic SchoolExam Author:Dave Hunt
“On the other hand, there are plenty of red flags that link developmental disabilities to things like lead and mercury and pesticides and air pollution and certain kinds of unhealthy foods, and that's what's begging for a comprehensive and definitive study. We should have a long-term prospectus study that looks at all, you know, exposures, medications, life habits, etc., pollution, and traces people over a period of many years, starting with when - starting with their parents, from when they are healthy. This is how we learned what causes heart disease.” PeopleKnowsShouldYearsLooksHeartKindLongHandsCertainCausesParentTermStudyAirHabitPeriodsHealthyDiseaseRedShould HaveStartingPlentyLong TermEtcLinksDisabilityFlagsPollutionExposureComprehensiveBeggingUnhealthyMedicationMercuryHeart DiseaseHealthy FoodDevelopmentalPesticidesRed FlagsAir PollutionUnhealthy FoodDevelopmental Disabilities Author:Jill Stein
“No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you're dealing with a parent with Alzheimer's, you yourself feel helpless. The parent can't work, can't live alone, and is totally dependent, like a toddler. As the disease unfolds, you don't know what to expect.” KnowsFeelsMatterParentSituationDiseaseWho You AreFinancialAccomplishedDependentHelplessAlzheimerToddlerAlzheimer's Author:Maria Shriver
“Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.” YearsBelieveHeartChildrenFactsKidsAgeSchoolParentRiskDiseasePercentBlameFactorsOverweightHeart DiseaseObese Author:Alison Sweeney
“We all have families who are longing for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by poverty, disease, and hunger. Untold numbers of our friends, our neighbors, our parents, and our children, are hoping that there is more understanding, more generosity, more genuine friendship, and more caring among people of all faiths and cultures.” PeopleWorldChildrenEndsSufferingCultureParentUnderstandingNumbersFamilyPovertyDiseaseOur ChildrenLongingHungerCaringNeighborGenuineGenerosityGenuine Friendship Author:John Conyers
“Insomnia: A contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents.” ChildrenParentBabyDiseaseHumorousParentingInsomniaContagious Author:Shannon Fife
“Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.” IfsWorldNeedsChildrenDoeUseMightKidsNextStarsGrowsParentResponsibilityGrowing UpImagineDiseaseMajorsOur ChildrenParentingYour ChildrenConquerorNounsMotion PicturesUnqualifiedCollectibles Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Religion is based ... mainly upon fear ... fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.” IfsHumansHandsReligionParentBornMy OwnViewsRaceWonderGoneAtheismSourceDiseaseRegardMiseryDefeatAtheistCrueltyMysteriousHuman RaceFear Of DeathHand In Hand Author:Bertrand Russell
“Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences, your education, your religion, your parents - which may be dead, but their judgments are being carried by your mind and they will be given as a heritage to your children. Generation after generation, every disease is being transferred as a heritage. Only a non-judgmental mind has intelligence, because it is spontaneously responding to reality.” MindMayChildrenRealityPastLife IsGivenParentExistenceMeditationGenerationsDiseaseJudgmentOur ChildrenYour ChildrenHeritageOur PastYour PastRespondingJudgmentalPast ExperiencesNon Judgmental Author:Rajneesh
“The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving their heritage to their children - their unfulfilled desires, their incomplete ambitions. In this way diseases pass on from one generation to another.” WayGivingChildrenWholeDesireParentGenerationsGoes OnDiseaseAmbitionBlameDestroyedHeritageAmbitiousIncompleteUnfulfilled Desires Author:Rajneesh
“Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family. We are working to find the cures that will give these youngsters a fighting chance. When a child or parent faces an uncertain disease like cancer, they can find hope at St. Jude - a place where miracles can and do happen.” GivingChildrenHappensFacesFightingParentChanceHealthDiseaseLaughterDeserveMiracleFilledCancerCuresUncertainFamily And FriendsYoungstersLove LaughterSt Jude Author:Marlo Thomas
“My parents taught me that AIDS was a man-made disease designed to get rid of the undesirable people.” PeopleMenMadeParentTaughtDiseaseAidsUndesirable Author:Kanye West
“By all means, there should be no children when either mother or father suffers from such diseases as tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, cancer, epilepsy, insanity, drunkenness and mental disorders. In the case of the mother, heart disease, kidney trouble and pelvic deformities are also a serious bar to childbearing No more children should be born when the parents, though healthy themselves, find that their children are physically or mentally defective.” ShouldHeartMeanChildrenMotherSufferingFatherParentBornCasesTroubleSeriousHealthyDiseaseCancerBarsInsanityDisorderDrunkennessKidneysDefectiveHeart DiseaseMental DisorderDeformityTuberculosisSyphilisEpilepsyChildbearingGonorrhea Author:Margaret Sanger