“We strive to teach our children the importance of being caring and compassionate to others. This outpouring of emotion and effort by our children was so gratifying, and what they achieved absolutely exceeded our wildest expectations.” ChildrenEffortEmotionTeachExpectationsImportanceOur ChildrenStriveCaringCompassionate Author:Jeff B. Davis
“When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs.” NeedsChildrenRememberSportsInvolvedOur ChildrenCaringYour Children Author:Frank Shorter
“This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged.” IfsFirstsChildrenJobsPowerfulTasksOur ChildrenCaringJudged Author:Barack Obama
“If you can show your child what its like to be charming and giving, show your child what love is really all about and show your child unconditional love, show your child caring and compassion and understanding the nonjudgmental and that is what your child will become.” IfsGivingChildrenShowsUnderstandingLove IsCompassionOur ChildrenCaringYour ChildrenUnconditional LoveCharmingUnconditionalCaring And Compassion Author:John Assaraf
“We consider the animals to be lower, and to me, that makes no sense at all. If you look at a tree or a mushroom or a squirrel, it's perfectly in tune with itself. It has no problem being exactly what it is, and it does what it's meant to do without any complaints or problems. Because we create all these problems in being, we think we're somehow higher than the animals. But it's we humans who have a difficult time even caring for our children, or anything.” ThinkingChildrenProblemDifficultAnimalTreeOur ChildrenCaringNo ProblemDifficult Times Author:Jeff Mangum
“In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.” NeedsChildrenAdultsOur ChildrenCaringSavedTalesFairyFairy Tale Author:Donna Shalala
“During the periods in my marriage when I chose to stay home with my kids rather than work as an attorney, it caused me no end of anxiety. Despite the fact that I knew I was contributing to our family by caring for our children, I still felt that my worth was less because I wasn't earning.” ChildrenStillsEndsFactsHomeKidsFeltPeriodsAnxietyOur ChildrenCaringDespiteOur FamilyEarningAttorneyContributing Author:Ayelet Waldman
“We all have families who are longing for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by poverty, disease, and hunger. Untold numbers of our friends, our neighbors, our parents, and our children, are hoping that there is more understanding, more generosity, more genuine friendship, and more caring among people of all faiths and cultures.” PeopleWorldChildrenEndsSufferingCultureParentUnderstandingNumbersFamilyPovertyDiseaseOur ChildrenLongingHungerCaringNeighborGenuineGenerosityGenuine Friendship Author:John Conyers
“Sharing is Caring - Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love.” ChildrenCompassionShareTeachingAnd LoveOur ChildrenParentingCaring Author:Kevin Heath
“I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or punishment. But I do believe they can be induced through relationships where parents and children are growing together. Such relationships are, I believe, build on trust, example, talk, and caring.” BelieveChildrenTogetherValuesI BelieveParentAttitudeDoubtGrowingExampleTrustBehaviorOur ChildrenGuiltThreatCaringPunishmentFather SonChildren And ParentsGrowing Together Author:Fred Rogers
“Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual lives... core ethical values of trustworthiness, fairness, responsibility, caring, respect, and citizenship form the foundation of our democracy, our economy, and our society... Instilling sound character in our children is essential to maintaining the strength of our Nation into the 21st century.” ChildrenDoeCharacterFormValuesIndividualNationsSoundCommunityResponsibilityEconomyDemocracyWeekCenturyCitizensEssentialsImportanceOur ChildrenFoundationCaringCoreCelebrateOur SocietyEthicalFairnessCitizenship21st CenturyMaintainingTrustworthinessIndividual LifeEthical Values Author:William J. Clinton