“Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government’s introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying.” ChildrenImportantEndsGovernmentActionTogetherStepsIssuesClearAwarenessCrimeDemandOur ChildrenBillsCampaignsOnlineWorking TogetherIntroduction Author:Peter MacKay
“I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race. We have to plan for our collective future - and the first step begins with the social, emotional, and intellectual tools we provide to our children. As humans, our greatest tool for survival is our ability to think and to adapt - as educators, storytellers, and communicators our responsibility is to continue to do so.” ThinkingFirstsHumansChildrenSocialWealthAbilityRaceResponsibilityStepsPlansEmotionalKeysSurvivalIntellectualToolsOur ChildrenMajorityHuman RaceCollectivesFirst StepsImprovingStorytellerEducatorCommunicators Author:George Lucas
“What we teach our children is that earth is your mother that provides; she's a giver. So, please first ask forgiveness from the mother earth before you step on to it and cause it pain.” FirstsChildrenEarthPainMotherAsksCausesStepsTeachPleaseOur ChildrenGiverMother EarthAsking For Forgiveness Author:Narendra Modi
“Just as children, step by step, must separate from their parents, we will have to separate from them. And we will probably suffer...from some degree of separation anxiety: because separation ends sweet symbiosis. Because separation reduces our power and control. Because separation makes us feel less needed, less important. And because separation exposes our children to danger.” FeelsChildrenImportantEndsSufferingParentStepsDangerSweetNeededDegreesAnxietyOur ChildrenSeparationPower And ControlSymbiosis Author:Judith Viorst
“...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent.... They must harass, debate, petition, boycott, sing hymns, pray on steps--and shoot from their windows when the racists come cruising through their communities.... The acceptance of our condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children [ellipses in source].” MeanChildrenFormCommunityStepsStruggleConditionsAcceptanceSourcePrayingConcernWindowOur ChildrenActiveDebateViolentCivil RightsRacistIllegalPassiveExtremismCivil Rights MovementHymnsPetitionsDiscreditBoycottNon Violent Author:Lorraine Hansberry
“Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.” FirstsChildrenTogetherStepsCoupleOur ChildrenSakeUnhappyYour ChildrenFirst StepsBack TogetherCounseling Author:Laura Wasser
“Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the gatekeepers of the future. The world we bequeath to our children and grandchildren will depend upon our success in building a more peaceful and decent world.” WorldFirstsChildrenDoeEndsTodayProcessStepsAliveBuildingDependsOur ChildrenPeacefulDecentFirst StepsGrandchildrenOngoingLive For TodayChildren And GrandchildrenGatekeepers Author:David Krieger
“Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.” KnowsFirstsChildrenTwoBookCountryKidsReadingParentStepsTeacherHabitEncouragementOur ChildrenAccessTwo ThingsLibrarianHoping For The BestHope For The Future Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Without shedding of blood there is no anything. Everything, it seems to me, has to be purchased by selfsacrifice. Our race has marked every step of its painful ascent with blood. And now torrents of it must flow again.” ThinkingMayChildrenHas BeensWarSelfEnoughSeemsHumanitySinPayRaceStepsSacrificeBloodBlessingFlowOur ChildrenPainfulPunishmentEvery StepSelf SacrificeAscent Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.” IfsMenYearsFirstsChildrenDoneMomentsEarthLastsAmericaStepsDestinyDarknessFailingThousandOur ChildrenSentencesPreservesPatriotismPatrioticFirst StepsThousand YearsCold WarJustifiedMemorial DayHoping For The BestOur VeteransBrief MomentsGreat Veterans DayRendezvousAmerican Veterans Book:The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan Source: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what they're reading, and make time for this by turning off the television set ourselves. Libraries are a critical tool to help parents do this.” ChildrenHelpingKidsReadingEnergyParentStepsTelevisionToolsOur ChildrenLibraryCriticalMaking TimeChildren LoveLove Of Reading Author:Barack Obama
“It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it. Biodiesel and ethanol are better for the environment and for the air we breathe. The use of biodiesel is a positive step toward minimizing pollutive emissions and greenhouse gases. By focusing on school buses, we can affect the health and wellbeing of the people most susceptible to that pollution - our children - today.” PeopleChildrenLongImportantUseTodaySchoolEnergyTermStepsEnvironmentAirCommitmentOur ChildrenCleanBreatheLong TermBusPollutionEcologyWellbeingEmissionsRenewable EnergySusceptibleGreenhousesClean EnergyGreenhouse GasesMinimizingEthanolSchool BusBiodieselHealth And Wellbeing Author:Julia Roberts
“Let us bequeath our children more than the gadgets that surround us. If bicycling can be restored to the daily life of all Americans, it can be a vital step toward rebuilding health and vigor in all of us.” IfsChildrenStepsOur ChildrenDaily LifeSurroundVigorGadgetsRebuilding Author:Paul Dudley White
“Faithfully disciplining (training, educating, correcting) your child in a manner that pleases the Lord is an expression of biblical love. It also is a step of obedience for you as a parent and provides godly direction for your child.” ChildrenParentLordStepsExpressionPleaseTrainingOur ChildrenObedienceYour ChildrenBiblicalGodlyCorrectingBiblical Love Author:John C. Broger