“The Assembly passed a budget that makes the right choices for young students across the state by helping schools avoid cutting essential educational programs, laying off teachers and increasing local property taxes. Without a sound investment in our children and their education, New York would face crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classrooms, and few opportunities to excel.” ChildrenStatesHelpingSchoolFacesYoungChoicesOpportunitySoundTeacherCuttingNew YorkStudentsBuildingTaxesEssentialsProgramOur ChildrenPropertyInvestmentEducationalLocalsBudgetsClassroomAssemblyRight ChoicesCrumblingMake The Right ChoiceYoung StudentsProperty TaxesEducational ProgramsSchool Buildings Author:Jose Peralta
“How can we teach our children to be responsible beyond themselves and care for other human beings' welfare and for the welfare of the planet and all that it contains? It's a difficult lesson to convey, when, more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, Prince William Sound is still experiencing the damaging effects.” YearsHumansChildrenStillsCareDifficultSoundHuman BeingsTeachEffectsPlanetsLessonsResponsibleOur ChildrenDisasterWelfareBeing Responsible Author:Gloria Reuben
“If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.” IfsGivingChildrenSelfAbleSoundDealsSelf LoveOur Children Author:Bell Hooks
“Throw your children in the surf and let them get used to it. They have to learn all about rips and tides and swimming between the flags and all that sort of stuff. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true.” KnowsChildrenUsedStuffSoundOur ChildrenRidiculousYour ChildrenSwimmingFlagsTidesRipSurf Author:Eric Bana
“Remember that your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with sound character.” ChildrenCharacterRememberStrongGrowsSoundGoalGrowing UpUltimateOur ChildrenSecureYour ChildrenUltimate GoalStrong Love Author:Gary Chapman
“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
“It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not only love his characters - which you do, without even thinking about it, just as you love your children. But also to love the reader, and that's what I mean by the pleasure principle.” PeopleThinkingMeanChildrenCharacterSoundPleasureFictionPrinciplesLove YouReaderOur ChildrenAcknowledgeNovelistsYour ChildrenOnly LoveLove Your Children Author:Martin Amis
“Oddly-shaped is a term I've been using because it doesn't sound better or worse than anyone elses. All those other terms like "f**'ed up childhood" or "broken home," none of them sound good. Were our childhoods better or worse? I don't know. It's different.” KnowsDifferentHomeSoundTermChildhoodBrokenOur ChildrenBroken Homes Author:Bucky Sinister
“Cure" is one of the most precious words in the English language. It's a short word. A clean and simple word. But it isn't so easy a thing as it sounds. There are questions like: How will this affect us in ten years? In twenty? What will it do to our children? Our children's children?” YearsChildrenLanguageEasySoundSimpleTenTwentiesOur ChildrenCleanCuresEnglish LanguageSimple WordsShort Words Book:Sever Source: Sever
“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
“As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.” PeopleNeedsShouldChildrenWarEndsCareEnergySoundQualitySecurityPolicyFairsOur ChildrenCongressIraqHealth CareRetirementSensibleUrgentAffordableQuality EducationEnergy PolicyFiscal PolicyAffordable Health Care Author:Chris Van Hollen
“Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.” HumansWellsMeanChildrenSoundWaterQualityAirSafeWasteConceptsAreasConcernOur ChildrenCleanParksWildernessPreservationCosmeticsLandmarksClean WaterHuman QualitiesClean AirRoadsideBeautificationWaste Disposal Author:Lady Bird Johnson