“If there is education, there will be everything in life. Government can make roads, hospitals and also construct school buildings. But your homes can brighten up only if your children are educated. I am confident that if we focus on education, our society will certainly develop.” IfsChildrenHomeGovernmentSchoolEducationFocusBuildingIndiaOur ChildrenEducatedYour ChildrenOur SocietyHospitalsConstructsSchool Buildings Author:Narendra Modi
“The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us backout in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.” WorldChildrenMomentsFocusOur LivesAbsolutesOur ChildrenMotherhoodParadox Author:Ellen Goodman
“If your child is going to develop a healthy personality with the capacity to remain intact and grow, she must learn how to test reality, regulate her impulses, stabilize her moods, integrate her feelings and actions, focus her concentration and plan.” IfsChildrenFeelingsRealityActionGrowsFocusPlansPersonalityHealthyCapacityTestsOur ChildrenMoodImpulseYour ChildrenConcentrationIntegrating Author:Stanley Greenspan
“Just be loving. You also have to recognize that you need to take the focus off yourself and put it on your children to give them a proper start in life.” NeedsGivingChildrenFocusOur ChildrenYour ChildrenLoving You Author:Benjamin Bratt
“Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we can't necessarily go ahead and make everything fit into neat, controllable, simple schedules. But the point is, simplicity is: how do we keep our eyes fixed and focused on Christ, no matter where we are?” ChildrenMatterEyeChristSimpleFocusFitCircumstancesOur ChildrenSimplicityFocusedFixedMidstSchedulesNeat Author:Ann Voskamp
“We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsChildrenCountryBigsJobsFacesFightingIssuesFocusCollegeRepublicanCreatingOur ChildrenDemocratDefenseOur CountryRisingDividedDestroyingGraduatesWagesIsisHomelandRebuildingCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich
“A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.” IfsShouldChildrenDifferentRaceFocusToolsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRacistBigotryChipsNurturingBargainingDifferent RacesAnti RacistDeploying Author:Mallory Ortberg
“Sometimes it may seem as if progress is stalled but what history of post-war Germany shows is that strength and determination and focus and adherence to the values that we care about will result in a better future for our children and our grandchildren.” IfsMayChildrenWarSometimesShowsSeemsCareValuesResultsFocusProgressDeterminationOur ChildrenPostsGermanyGrandchildrenBetter FutureAdherencePost WarStrength And Determination Author:Barack Obama
“The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war. We need human security: food, education, health care for our children. We don't want to waste it on wars and militarism. That will be our focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.” ChildrenWarCareMovingCultureFocusSecurityBuildingOur ChildrenHealth Care Author:Mairead Corrigan
“When you get busy, the priorities change. In your twenties, you hang out with who you were in school with. Then you grow up and you hang out with the people you're playing ball with, things you like doing with. When you get married, it changes a bit and you lose some friends, or you gain other friends. You gain couple-y friends. It changes again when you have children, and then when your children are the focus of your life.” PeopleChildrenSchoolGrowing UpFocusMarriedOur ChildrenBusyPrioritiesYour ChildrenHanging Out Author:Paul Reiser
“The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.” ShouldFirstsChildrenSchoolPayMillionsFocusOur ChildrenRaisesSpendingBudgetsOpponentsEmployeeClassroomPropose Author:Bob Riley
“I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.” ChildrenHardDifferencesReligiousCompassionTeachFocusWifeHonestyHard WorkBenefitsOur ChildrenCatholicCharityRaisedMy WifeChosenHeritageSimilarityRespect Each Other Author:Steven Levitan