“The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked away barriers to opportunity and laid the foundation for a better future. Our people -- with all their drive and ingenuity -- always end up building the rest. And if we can do that again -- if we can continue building that foundation and making those hard decisions on behalf of the next generation -- I have no doubt that we will leave our children the America that we all hope for.” PeopleIfsChildrenEndsHardGovernmentAmericaNextOpportunityCan DoDecisionRolesDoubtPlansGenerationsBuildingOur ChildrenFoundationDetailsOutcomesNo DoubtBarriersBehalfNext GenerationIngenuityBetter FutureHard DecisionRole Of Government Author:Barack Obama
“Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.” FirstsChildrenImportantUseParentRolesExampleModelsOur ChildrenRole ModelsClicheBeing A Role ModelGood Role ModelsMale Role Models Author:Lee Haney
“But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.” KnowsSchoolNamesParentCan DoRealizingDecisionRolesTeacherPromiseMembersOur ChildrenBest ThingsBoardsBest TeacherSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Mark Kennedy
“Our role as parents is to do all we can to create an atmosphere where our children can feel the influence of the Spirit and then help them recognize what they are feeling.” FeelsChildrenHelpingFeelingsSpiritParentRolesInfluenceOur ChildrenAtmosphere Author:Cheryl A. Esplin
“When you say No, you also become a role model of healthy boundaries for others (especially your children).” ChildrenRolesHealthyModelsOur ChildrenBoundariesYour ChildrenRole ModelsHealthy Boundaries Author:Doreen Virtue
“Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make certain it provides the best information possible to help people stay healthy.” PeopleShouldChildrenHelpingGovernmentCertainResponsibilityRolesInformationHealthyOur ChildrenDietsPersonal Responsibility Author:Jim Talent
“I believe that the most urgent need of parents today is to instill in our children a moral vision: what does it mean to be a good person, an excellent neighbor, a compassionate heart? What does it mean to say that God exits, that He loves us and He cares for us? What does it mean to love and forgive each other? Parents and caregivers of children must play a primary role in returning our society to a healthy sense of the sacred. We must commit to feeding our children’s souls in the same way we commit to feeding their bodies.” WayNeedsBelieveHeartMeanChildrenPersonsDoeSoulPlayBodyCareTodayI BelieveParentMoralVisionRolesHealthyOur ChildrenSacredForgivingNeighborCommitPrimariesExcellentOur SocietyCompassionateFeedingUrgentGood PersonExitInstillBeing A Good PersonCaregivers Author:Marianne Williamson
“Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.” NeedsChildrenChoicesBlackRolesFieldsModelsOur ChildrenRole Models Author:Benjamin Carson
“Our children don't have to have drinking problems. They don't have to go through divorce or live defeated lives. You can be the one to stir them up, shake them up, and tell them there is a champion inside of them just waiting to come out. Tell them God has a plan for their lives, and they are destined to do greater things than we ever thought of doing.... You can decide to be the role model and reverse your whole generational pattern from a bad one to a good one.” ChildrenWholeProblemWaitingRolesGreaterPlansModelsOur ChildrenDrinkingPatternsDivorceChampionShakesRole ModelsReverseDefeatedDestinedDoing YouGod Has A PlanGreater ThingsDrinking Problem Author:Tim Storey
“I beg of you, you who could and should be bearing and rearing a family: Wives, come home from the typewriter, the laundry, the nursing, come home from the factory, the cafe. No career approaches in importance that of wife, homemaker, mother -- cooking meals, washing dishes, making beds for one's precious husband and children. Come home, wives, to your husbands. Make home a heaven for them. Come home, wives, to your children, born and unborn. Wrap the motherly cloak about you and, unembarrassed, help in a major role to create the bodies for the immortal souls who anxiously await.” ShouldChildrenSoulHelpingHomeBodyMotherHeavenBornCareersRolesWifeBedHusbandApproachMajorsImportanceOur ChildrenCookingYour ChildrenMealsImmortalComing HomeFactoriesDishesWrapsNursingWashingUnbornTypewritersCloaksLaundryYour HusbandCafesImmortal SoulHomemakerMotherlyWashing Dishes Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective, and learns more and does more good. And so try listening. Listen to your wife, your husband, your father, your mother, your children, your friends; to those who love you and those who don't, to those who bore you, to your enemies. It will work a small miracle. And perhaps a great one.” KnowsShouldTryingChildrenDoeMotherFatherTalkingEnemyRolesWifeLove YouListeningHusbandMiracleOur ChildrenBelovedYour ChildrenBoresListenersGiftedImaginativeNot TalkingGreat OnesYour HusbandMagneticTalkersBores YouSmall Miracles Author:Brenda Ueland
“We as parents are our children's first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health. ...We can't lie around on the couch eating French fries and candy bars and expect our kids to eat carrots and run around the block.” FirstsChildrenRunningKidsLyingParentRolesEatingModelsOur ChildrenBarsBlockRole ModelsCandyCouchesCarrotsFriesFrench FriesCandy BarChild Obesity Author:Michelle Obama
“How you handle peer pressure - the pressure your children feel as well as the pressure you feel - in the early years will play a significant role in how your children handle peer pressure when they become adolescents.” FeelsYearsWellsChildrenPlayRolesPressureOur ChildrenSignificantHandleYour ChildrenPeersPeer PressurePeer Group Author:Kevin Leman
“Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.” HumansChildrenPlaySchoolResponsibilityVisionRolesDemocracyRightsFailingPossibilitySourceExerciseTasteOur ChildrenMarketingGrantedEmpoweringSchemesEnlighteningRights And Responsibilities Author:Diane Ravitch
“Fourth, come home from work and take an active role with your family. Don't put work, friends, or sports ahead of listening to, playing with, and teaching your children.” ChildrenHomeSportsRolesTeachingListeningOur ChildrenActiveOur FamilyYour ChildrenComing HomeFourth Author:M. Russell Ballard