“Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children... it is the reason that one human being's intensely personal tests and triumphs can be harnessed to the good of countless others.” HumansChildrenReasonFoundHurtHuman BeingsEmpathyTestsOur ChildrenTriumphAnatomy Book:The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life Source: The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
“Our children ... are not treated with sufficient respect as human beings, and yet from the moment they are born they have this right to respect. We keep them children for too long, their world separate from the real world of life.” WorldHumansChildrenLongRealMomentsBornHuman BeingsChildhoodOur ChildrenTreatedSufficientReal World Book:My Several Worlds: A Personal Record Source: My Several Worlds: A Personal Record
“As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn about good character. You have to be able to see your child with clarity, see the good side and the bad side of them, and work on the bad side and make them better so they fulfill their potential.” WantHumansChildrenCharacterKidsAbleParentSidesHuman BeingsFiguresShapesOur ChildrenClarityYour ChildrenGood Character Author:Joan Cusack
“How can we teach our children to be responsible beyond themselves and care for other human beings' welfare and for the welfare of the planet and all that it contains? It's a difficult lesson to convey, when, more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, Prince William Sound is still experiencing the damaging effects.” YearsHumansChildrenStillsCareDifficultSoundHuman BeingsTeachEffectsPlanetsLessonsResponsibleOur ChildrenDisasterWelfareBeing Responsible Author:Gloria Reuben
“I call the years when our children are between six and twelve the "golden years," not because everything's perfect . . . but because the kids are capable and independent. . . . They're becoming fascinating human beings who continually astound us and make us laugh. And they build our self-esteem. They still adore us for the most part, not yet having reached that age of thinking everything we do is dumb, old-fashioned and irrelevant.” ThinkingYearsHumansChildrenStillsSelfKidsAgeHuman BeingsPerfectLaughingSelf EsteemBecomingSixCapableOur ChildrenIndependentEsteemGoldenDumbFascinatingTwelveAdoreIrrelevantOld FashionedGolden Years Author:Vicki Lansky
“We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk up. We have allowed quantitative standards, so central to the adult economic system, to become the principal yardstick for our definition of our children's worth.” HumansKindChildrenSchoolReadingHuman BeingsEducationEconomicStandardsAdultsIncreaseOur ChildrenDefinitionsScorePrincipalEconomic SystemsChalkYardsticks Author:Kenneth Keniston
“It is so important not to let ourselves off the hook or to become apathetic or cynical by telling ourselves that nothing works or makes a difference. Every day, light your small candle.... The inaction and actions of many human beings over a long time contributed to the crises our children face, and it is the action and struggle of many human beings over time that will solve them-with God's help. So every day, light your small candle.” HumansChildrenLongImportantHelpingLightActionFacesDifferencesHuman BeingsStruggleLong TimeOur ChildrenCrisisEnvironmentalSolveMaking A DifferenceCandleCynicalSustainabilityHookInactionApathetic Author:Marian Wright Edelman