“One of the ways in which parenting is a learning experience and an opportunity for moral growth is that we learn as parents that we don't choose the kind of child that we have.” WayKindChildrenOpportunityParentGrowthMoralLearning ExperienceMoral Growth Author:Michael Sandel
“Write hand-written notes daily and commit to supporting the growth and self-esteem of children, because it makes such a big difference in terms of their capacity for learning.” WritingChildrenSelfHandsBigsGrowthTermDifferencesWrittenSelf EsteemCapacityNotesCommitEsteem Author:Debra Messing
“Food insecurity and hunger are serious threats to children's health, growth, and development. The idea of not being able to put plentiful, nutritious food on the table for my girls is a horrifying thought.” ChildrenIdeasAbleGirlGrowthSeriousDevelopmentTablesThreatHungerInsecurityMy GirlPlentiful Author:Samantha Harris
“I think what is true is that there's been an underlying division in the United States. Some of it has to do with the fact that economic growth and recovery tends to be stronger in the cities and in urban areas. In some rural areas, particularly those that were reliant on manufacturing, there has been weaker growth, stagnation, people feeling as if their children won't do as well as they will.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsChildrenHas BeensStatesFactsFeelingsGrowthUnitedCitiesUnited StatesEconomicAreasStrongerRecoveryDivisionUrbanEconomic GrowthManufacturingStagnationRural AreasUrban Areas Author:Barack Obama
“When speaking to parents, I encourage them to take their child(ren) to a children's museum and watch carefully what the child does, how she/she does it, what he/she returns to, where there is definite growth. Teachers could do the same or could set up 'play areas' which provide 'nutrition' for different intelligences... and watch carefully what happens and what does not happen with each child.” ChildrenDoeDifferentPlayHappensParentGrowthWatchesTeacherReturnAreasMuseumsNutritionDefinite Author:Howard Gardner
“Child care can almost bankrupt a family, even a two-parent household in which both parents are working. That keeps a parent from being at ease and it really stifles the social and economic growth of a family. Women are hit hard across the board, but particularly in homes where the mother is the head of the household and the only wage-earner. It hurts her, and it hurts her children.” ChildrenTwoHardHomeCareMotherSocialParentGrowthHurtEconomicEaseBoardsHouseholdIt HurtsEconomic GrowthChild Care Author:Nina Turner
“Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.” YearsChildrenCountryAgePastMotherFallGrowthBornFiveViolenceRiskCrimeDiseasePercentAdultsIncreasePrimariesWagesLiteracySpursDecreaseLikelihoodLater In LifePrimary Education Author:Shakira
“Going for constant growth is not actually delivering a decent standard of living and the prospect of your children having a better life than you do. That is the key thing that politics needs to deliver: a better life for your children. That's why people are taking their lives in their hands and crossing the Mediterranean and the English Channel.” PeopleChildrenGrowthOur ChildrenYour ChildrenDecentBetter Life Author:Billy Bragg
“If I look back at the songs I was writing when I was effectively a child, there's a big contrast, so I've learnt a lot along the way. I think it's a confidence thing; the biggest thing that's affected me, both in writing and performing, is a growth in confidence.” ThinkingWritingChildrenSongGrowthPerformingContrast Author:Marika Hackman
“All the Americans in the study were native born, but the height of the mother does affect the growth potential of the child. So, there is a second generation effect. But this can explain only a small portion of the height difference between Americans and northern Europeans. Regarless of continent of origin, children who grow up under conditions of good health and nutrition are about the same height, on average.” ChildrenMotherGrowthGrowing UpStudyNativeNutritionGood Health Author:Richard H. Steckel
“Today there's a new report out about how population growth is going down in the United States. Immigrant women are having fewer children. It shows that if you just let women from the developing world have the same rights - or, rather, access - that we have, they make smart decisions.” WorldChildrenTodayGrowthDecisionSmart Author:Barbara Crossette
“Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.” HumansChildrenGrowthHuman BeingsQualityHonestGreatnessDutyDevelopmentOrganizationFunctionUrgesMartial ArtsSincereExpansionHuman DevelopmentHuman PotentialMartial Arts InspirationalPersonal Growth And DevelopmentBeing SincereDevelopment And GrowthFuture Growth Author:Bruce Lee
“I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.” PeopleTryingKindChildrenArtArtistGrowthLinesCreativeClearExpressionMusicianTheaterRaisedPhotographerPainterHippieCreative Expression Author:Jared Leto
“A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.” YearsChildrenDeathJesusGrowthChristPrayerLordJesus ChristTreatsMereDoctrineCreedsLord Jesus Christ Author:Dwight L. Moody
“Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.” WantChildrenHomeParentGrowthEmotionalPsychological Author:Dirk Benedict