“Thinking isn't something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things, taking in what's around you in the world and finding how to make it inspire your work or turn it into a lesson to teach your children; it's paying attention to details. That's what thinking is: processing.” ThinkingWorldChildrenTurnsAttentionTeachInspireLessonsFindingsOur ChildrenDetailsPay AttentionYour ChildrenObserversProcessingAnalyzingAttention To Detail Author:Madonna Ciccone
“To each his own. It's one of those things. How you build your familyyou have to know what you're capable of handling and how your children will relate to each other. Maybe if you have one child and that child has a lot of needs, you realize you cannot give more attention to another. Sometimes you just know as a parent. We felt we could handle more children, and we have a very happy, very full home.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingChildrenSometimesHomeFeltParentRealizingAttentionCapableOur ChildrenHandleRelateOur FamilyYour ChildrenVery HappyNeed You Author:Angelina Jolie
“We need to do whatever it takes to get our children together and pay attention to them, because that's our future. What's in the hearts and minds of our children is what's in our future.” NeedsMindHeartChildrenTogetherPayAttentionOur ChildrenPay AttentionOur FutureHeart And MindWhatever It Takes Author:Louis Gossett, Jr.
“I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular.” ChildrenDoeCountryHelpingWantedGrowsAttentionParticularProtectDrawsOrganizationOur ChildrenContributionShelter Author:Laura Bush
“This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds.” GivingChildrenCoursesSoundAttentionSpecialOur ChildrenCookingYour ChildrenRejectsAnnoyingDespiseTruismSpecial Times Author:Marni Jackson
“Pay no attention to pop culture, for it is what poisons our minds and divides our children. Materialism promotes negative values and egotism. Eliminate all of it. It is the plague of Big Business.” MindChildrenBigsValuesCulturePayAttentionNegativeOur ChildrenPopsPoisonMaterialismDividesPlagueEgotismPop CultureBig Business Author:Suzy Kassem
“Well, most women are full to the brim, that's all...We are, most of us, ready to explode, especially when our children are small and we are so weary with the demands for love and attention and the kind of service that makes you feel you should be wearing a uniform with "Mommy" embroidered over the left breast, over the heart...If a stranger had come up to me and said, "Do you want to talk about it? I have time to listen," I think I might have burst into tears at the relief of it.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsShouldWellsHeartKindChildrenSaidMightLeftAttentionTearsReadyDemandOur ChildrenCome UpStrangerReliefBreastsUniformsWeary Author:Elizabeth Berg
“Elie Wiesel says that the greatest evil in the world is not anger or hatred, but indifference. If that is true, then the opposite is also true: that the greatest love we can show our children is the attention we pay them, the time we take for them. Maybe we serve children the best simply by noticing them.” IfsWorldChildrenShowsEvilPayAttentionHatredOppositesOur ChildrenIndifferenceNoticingGreatest Love Author:Mumia Abu-Jamal
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.” IfsChildrenAttentionInspireGardenPaidOur ChildrenPlantParentingWeedJungleConcrete Jungle Author:Luther Burbank
“The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn't exist, and I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.” IfsShouldTryingChildrenRealMomentsTurnsNextFoundParentCan DoDecisionPerfectAttentionMistakeWatchesPlansFiguresAdultsPerfectionOur ChildrenRaisesPay AttentionEngagedCourageousImperfectNext TimeMandatesBe CourageousBad DecisionReal QuestionsHappy ChildrenDaring Greatly Book:Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Let us not be blind to our differences-but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.” IfsWorldMeanChildrenEndsHelpingInterestDifferencesCommonAttentionEnvironmentAirPlanetsSafeDiversityDirectOur ChildrenBlindFinalsBreatheMortalsAnalysisCherishLinksCommon InterestsCuban Missile Crisis Author:John F. Kennedy
“The answer to our prayer of how to meet our children’s needs may be to more often technologically disconnect. Precious moments of opportunity to interact and converse with our children dissolve when we are occupied with distractions. Why not choose a time each day to disconnect from technology and reconnect with each other? Simply turn everything off. When you do this, your home may seem quiet at first; you may even feel at a loss as to what to do or say. Then, as you give full attention to your children, a conversation will begin, and you can enjoy listening to each other.” NeedsGivingFeelsFirstsMayChildrenMomentsHomeSeemsTurnsOpportunityEnjoyPrayerLossAnswersAttentionTechnologyListeningQuietConversationOur ChildrenYour ChildrenEach DayWhy NotDistractionOur PrayersConversesPrecious Moments Author:Rosemary M. Wixom