“Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system.” WantFeelsChildrenLittlesEnoughOrderParentBalanceGainsIndependentAffectionTechniqueFavorsConquerCompareTargetDividesToxicThreateningSiblingParentalUnleashedDivide And Conquer Author:Susan Forward
“With the marketplace urging parents to buy all manner of things to make their babies ‘smart,’ Gallagher’s book offers parents a view based in science on how much babies really know and figure out on their own. Parents will have fun with this book and gain new respect and awe for their babies’ amazing capabilities.” KnowsBookFunParentViewsFiguresBabyOffersSmartGainsHaving FunAweCapabilityMarketplaceGallagher Author:Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
“We mourn; we sorrow for our loved ones that go - our wives, our husbands, our children, our parents; we sorrow for them; and it is well and proper that we should moum for them and shed tears for the loss, for it is our loss; but it is their gain, for it is in the march of progress, advancement and development. It will be all right when our time comes, when we have finished our work and accomplished what the Lord required of us.” ShouldWellsChildrenSoulParentLossLordWifeProgressTearsDevelopmentSorrowHusbandGainsOur ChildrenFinishedOur TimeAccomplishedMarchLoved OnesShedAdvancementMourn Author:Francis M. Lyman
“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.” PeopleWould BeKidsYoungGamesParentGoalEmotionBehindsGroupsAchieveFootballGainsBiggerGood ThingsEnthusiasmChineseInstillAchieving Goals Author:Berti Vogts
“I think that because of YouTube, because of MySpace, because of the digital domain that we have on the Internet, the younger generation is much more open to information. I think it's so much easier for them to gain information and trade information, and they have become more aware. In some cases, more aware than their own parents and adults, as to what's going on in the world. I find that really intriguing and interesting, and I think there is a brewing of a whole new generation of activists coming.” ThinkingWorldWholeParentInterestingCasesGenerationsInformationInternetEasierAdultsGainsTradeDigitalActivistDomainYoutubeIntriguingNew GenerationYounger GenerationBrewing Author:Serj Tankian
“Obviously, for the majority of parents and certainly me you gain a million worlds when you have a child. Certainly, it's the thing that's changed my life and made me unbelievably happy.” WorldChildrenMadeParentMillionsChangedGainsMajorityChanged My Life Author:Kate Winslet
“It would be hard to conceive a system of instincts more nicely adjusted, where the constituents should represent or support one another better. The husband has an interest in protecting the wife, she in serving the husband. The weaker gains in authority and safety, the wilder and more unconcerned finds a help-mate at home to take thought of his daily necessities. Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.” ShouldChildrenHardHelpingHomeWould BeParentInterestMemoriesSupportWifeHusbandAuthorityGainsSafetyInstinctImmortalityServingMatesConstituentsWilderVicariousUnconcerned Book:The Life of Reason: Human Understanding Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding
“We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them how to read and write, do arithmetic and gain the computer skills necessary to allow them to compete in the global marketplace. If we can get that through the public schools, fine. If we can't, I'm all for parental choice in education to allow that parent to take his/her/their child to a school that is safe and teaches them, even if it is a faith-based school!” IfsNeedsWritingChildrenSchoolAmericaChoicesParentTeachFineSkillsSafeComputerGainsPublic SchoolMarketplaceParentalArithmeticFaith Based Author:J. C. Watts
“Women without children are also the best of mothers,often, with the patience,interest, and saving grace that the constant relationship with children cannot always sustain. I come to crave our talk and our daughters gain precious aunts. Women who are not mothering their own children have the clarity and focus to see deeply into the character of children webbed by family. A child is fortuante who feels witnessed as a peron,outside relationships with parents by another adult.” FeelsChildrenCharacterMotherParentInterestFocusGraceDaughterAdultsGainsConstantParentingClaritySavingCraveAuntMotheringOur DaughterSaving Grace Author:Louise Erdrich
“When I was your age, art was a lonely thing: no galleries, no collecting, no critics, no money. We didn't have mentors. We didn't have parents. We were alone. But it was a great time, because we had nothing to lose and a vision to gain.” ArtAgeParentLosesVisionGainsLonelyCriticsMentorCollectingGalleryNo MoneyGreat TimesNothing To Lose Book:Red Source: Red