“If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsChildrenCausesMoneyTeachTaughtDiseaseOur ChildrenCarefulSpendingGrandmotherImpressMy GrandmotherThink TwiceSpending MoneyWants And Needs Author:Michelle Singletary
“Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.” ChildrenWarEarthLosesDiseaseOur ChildrenVictimCosmicStrollingHomicide Author:William Peter Blatty
“Vaccination is a public health issue because influenza is a highly contagious disease. If you don't vaccinate your child, his or her schoolmates are much more likely to become ill. That is why some places (New York, for example) are making the vaccine mandatory for school children.” IfsChildrenSchoolIssuesNew YorkExampleDiseaseOur ChildrenIllYour ChildrenVaccinesContagiousPublic HealthVaccinationsHealth IssuesInfluenzaSchoolmates Author:Michael Specter
“Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.” WorldChildrenParentSinQualityDiseaseOur ChildrenBurdenHeavyCarrieEnteringHeavy Burdens Author:Bob Edwards
“Our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter...will travel effortlessly over the seas and under them and through the air with a minimum of danger and at great speeds, and will experience a lifespan far longer than ours, as disease yields and man comes to understand what causes him to age.” MenChildrenHomeAgeEnergyCausesEnjoyAirSeaDangerDiseaseOur ChildrenSpeedYieldMinimumElectricalMeterElectrical Energy Author:Lewis Strauss
“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
“Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.” IfsWorldNeedsChildrenDoeUseMightKidsNextStarsGrowsParentResponsibilityGrowing UpImagineDiseaseMajorsOur ChildrenParentingYour ChildrenConquerorNounsMotion PicturesUnqualifiedCollectibles Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences, your education, your religion, your parents - which may be dead, but their judgments are being carried by your mind and they will be given as a heritage to your children. Generation after generation, every disease is being transferred as a heritage. Only a non-judgmental mind has intelligence, because it is spontaneously responding to reality.” MindMayChildrenRealityPastLife IsGivenParentExistenceMeditationGenerationsDiseaseJudgmentOur ChildrenYour ChildrenHeritageOur PastYour PastRespondingJudgmentalPast ExperiencesNon Judgmental Author:Rajneesh
“Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much.” ChildrenEnoughThreeLossToo MuchFourDiseaseOur ChildrenCancerCuresGood EnoughNot Good Enough Author:Michael McCaul
“Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases - and soon. As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.” PeopleChildrenSaidDifferentLife IsSufferingAnswersDiseaseBenefitsResearchOur ChildrenCuresCellsStemStem CellStem Cell ResearchLife Is PreciousEmbryonic Stem Cell Research Author:Nancy Reagan
“American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe. This spread of obesity foreshadows an explosion in degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer waiting to erupt in our children's future. Together we can stop this tragedy from ever happening.” HeartChildrenTogetherWaitingDiseaseHappeningsTragedyOur ChildrenRateCancerSpreadFasterVeganGlobesExplosionsObesityDiabetesHeart DiseaseTogether We CanFutures Together Book:Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right Source: Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right