“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.” IfsThinkingChildrenEndsCuttingTenPercentProgramIncreaseBudgetsVotingAmerican WomanInspirational VotingBudget Cuts Author:Coretta Scott King
“If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is.” IfsChildrenEnergyActingPercentActressesInvestigationDistracted Author:Jessica Lange
“If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles.” IfsChildrenAsksParentPercentAutismVersusMeaslesChildren With Autism Author:Jenny McCarthy
“Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.” ChildrenLittlesPersonsBookHomeArtistInterestWifeShareSonPercentMy WifeMeaningfulYour ChildrenFiftyMy SonMuseumsChildren's BooksIllustrators Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.” ChildrenBlackBornCommunityDealsEmotionalMomPercentRateSingle MomBlack CommunityDropouts Author:Walter Dean Myers
“The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage.” PeopleChildrenYoungSocialSecurityMinesReadyReturnPercentNegativeRateRetirementRetiringSocial SecurityPercentagesYoung Children Author:Paul Ryan
“Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.” YearsBelieveHeartChildrenFactsKidsAgeSchoolParentRiskDiseasePercentBlameFactorsOverweightHeart DiseaseObese Author:Alison Sweeney
“If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift - bad choice of words - is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.” IfsYearsHumansLooksChildrenI CanEndsFeelingsProblemJobsNightHumanityChoicesCoursesEvilHuman BeingsMoralTroublePercentTwentiesWingsSurpriseNineRangeAwakeBoredomI've LearnedOverwhelmingCostumesRadarNine YearsSurprise MePlightInsignificanceBad ChoicesAwake At NightMoral Life Author:Douglas Coupland
“I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude that most people had children by accident, or because they drink too much on a certain night, or because birth control isn't one hundred percent, or for a thousand other reasons that really aren't very flattering.” PeopleIfsLooksChildrenHardReasonTodayEarthNightCertainBornToo MuchBabyBirthDrinkThousandPercentHundredAccidentsAliensFlatteringBirth Control Author:Jodi Picoult
“You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.” KnowsChildrenAbleBeautifulTurnsThreeFatherParentActingBehindsCareersSawsPhotographyPercentHobbiesSupportiveExceptionalOnly ChildGreat Friend Author:Sophia Bush
“A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans polled said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and believe that taking the life on an innocent child is unjust.” BelieveHumansChildrenSaidFoundPercentAgreeInnocentInnocenceHuman LifeAbortionUnjustPollsInnocent Children Author:Robert Casey