“What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide.” ThinkingKnowsValuesTheoryAdultsFunctionPopulationPublishingPublishers Author:Maxwell Perkins
“There are certain functions that the family performs. In the first place the family provides society with an orderly means of reproduction, while at the same time the norms of marriage control the potentially disruptive forces of sexuality. Second, the family provides physical and economic support for the child during the early years of dependence. The child receives its primary socialization in the family, learning the essential ideas and values required for adult life.” YearsFirstsMeanChildrenIdeasCertainValuesForceSupportEconomicEssentialsAdultsFunctionSexualityPrimariesDependenceNormReproductionOrderlyDisruptiveSocialization Author:Adrian Wilson
“In today's world parents find themselves at the mercy of a society which imposes pressures and priorities that allow neither timenor place for meaningful activities and relations between children and adults, which downgrade the role of parents and the functions of parenthood, and which prevent the parent from doing things he wants to do as a guide, friend, and companion to his children.” WorldWantChildrenTodayParentRolesActivityAdultsMercyFunctionRelationPressureGuidesPrioritiesMeaningfulCompanionParenthoodToday's World Book:2 Wrlds Childhood Source: 2 Wrlds Childhood
“• As society rapidly changes, individuals will have to be able to function comfortably in a world that is always in flux. Knowledge will continue to increase at a dizzying rate. This means that a content-based curriculum, with a set body of information to be imparted to students, is entirely inappropriate as a means of preparing children for their adult roles.” WorldMeanChildrenBodyAbleIndividualRolesInformationStudentsAdultsFunctionIncreaseRatePreparingCurriculumInappropriateFlux Book:Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling Source: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
“While the Internet generally tends to have a stress-relieving function for adults - as long as they aren't inclined toward sex addiction - I don't see this being the case for adolescents.” LongSexCasesInternetAdultsFunctionStressAddictionSex AddictionStress Relieving Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.” ShouldMindFirstsStillsTwoIdeasPhilosophyAbleAbilitySawsImpossibleExamplePositive ThinkingAdultsTestsFunctionRateDeterminedPositive AttitudeHopelessHopelessnessImprobableKeep A Positive AttitudePositive Mind Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Physical fitness is vital for the optimal function of the brain, for retardation of the onset of serious arteriosclerosis which is beginning to appear in early adult life, and for longevity, and a useful and healthy life for our older citizens.” BrainSeriousCitizensHealthyAdultsFunctionLongevityHealthy LifeOptimalPhysical Fitness Author:Paul Dudley White
“Creativity is one of the most important brain functions in developing youth. It is the ultimate road to invention. I believe it is really important to both nurture and encourage this in children - and adults, too!” BelieveChildrenImportantI BelieveBrainCreativityYouthAdultsUltimateFunctionInventionDevelopingNurtureBrain Function Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was found to be more noticeable in older, more practiced meditators than in younger adults which is interesting because this structure usually tends to get thinner as we age.” AgeFoundMemoriesInterestingDealsAttentionBrainAdultsFunctionStructureSensory Author:Philippa Perry