“I think you couldn't do this role or you couldn't be Frankie Valli himself unless you had a natural falsetto. And I had sort of discovered it by accident as a child or a young adult when you realize you have a special skill that you don't really have any use for you, and you just take it out at parties or to amuse your friends or to annoy your girlfriends.” ThinkingChildrenUseYoungRealizingNaturalPartyRolesSpecialSkillsAdultsYoung AdultAccidentsGirlfriendAnnoyingYour GirlfriendFalsetto Author:John Lloyd Young
“Who should have children? Those who are responsible and completely dedicated to the responsibility which is actually a very small percentage of humans. Being a parent should be a career. Whereas some people are engineers, musicians, or lawyers, others with the desire and the skills can be fathers and mothers. Schools can be eliminated if the professional parent is also the educator of the child.” PeopleIfsShouldHumansChildrenSchoolMotherDesireFatherParentResponsibilityCareersSkillsMusicianShould HaveResponsibleLawyerDedicatedEngineersPercentagesEducatorBeing A Parent Author:Paul Watson
“Education is a technology that tries to make up for what the human mind is innately bad at. Children don't have to go to school to learn how to walk, talk, recognize objects, or remember the personalities of their friends, even though these tasks are much harder than reading, adding, or remembering dates in history. They do have to go to school to learn written language, arithmetic, and science, because those bodies of knowledge and skill were invented too recently for any species-wide knack for them to have evolved.” TryingMindHumansChildrenBodySchoolRememberReadingLanguageWalksTechnologyWrittenObjectsPersonalitySkillsTasksHarderSpeciesWideHuman MindArithmeticKnackWritten Language Author:Steven Pinker
“Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children.” FeelsChildrenSkillsMessagesWorriedTunesPresidencyMessengersHope And Change Author:Ron Fournier
“Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.” ChildrenImportantAmericaOpportunityAbilitySkillsEducationalComponentsLatinoFuture SuccessHead Start Author:Joe Baca
“Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.” WorldChildrenTodayChallengesEconomyStudyStudentsTaughtSkillsOur ChildrenPreparedSeekingSignificantGapsEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Stephen Covey
“Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game?” ThinkingChildrenHelpingLastsOpportunityGamesDecisionBrainTypeSkillsIncreaseSpeedVideoYour ChildrenDecision MakingLast TimeProcessingSpatialDecision Making Process Author:Naveen Jain
“Teaching children about entrepreneurship is much like imparting any other skill or piece of knowledge. You will provide them with ways to experience how entrepreneurship works, and you guide them toward the subjects or areas they seem to show an interest in.” WayChildrenShowsSeemsInterestPiecesTeachingSubjectsSkillsAreasGuidesEntrepreneurshipTeaching Children Author:Naveen Jain
“Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.” ChildrenUseAbleCertainTeachIndustrySkillsOur ChildrenErasEducation System Author:Naveen Jain
“It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for 'basic skills' practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I've just taught you.” YearsWellsChildrenSelfEnoughKidsSchoolHoursBehindsTeachPracticeTeacherCryTaughtLessonsSkillsSixMathContactTwelveLiteracyTransmitMath Skills Author:John Taylor Gatto
“If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways.” IfsWayGivingMindMeanChildrenCareWishWealthVirtueSkillsOur ChildrenRichesYour ChildrenWickednessScreening Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals.” WayChildrenImportantHelpingGoalClearAchieveFiguresSkillsFlexiblePersistent Author:Timothy Carey
“I have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children.” PeopleChildrenCareSkillsTemperamentQuarrelsSmall Child Author:Carolyn Hax
“I think the gold standard is a clinical diagnosis, that an astute clinician interacting with a child, interviewing the parents, talking with teachers makes the diagnosis based on some standard tests and also on clinical impression and skill.” ThinkingChildrenParentTalkingTeacherSkillsStandardsGoldTestsImpressionDiagnosisInteractingClinicalsGold StandardAstuteClinicians Author:Gerald Fischbach
“Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake.” GivingChildrenImportantProblemRememberScienceAnswersMistakeLearningSkillsImportanceSolve Author:Roger Lewin
“I think, for some children, your skills don't lie in written words. A lot of school is based around written words and how good you are at spelling or reading. From a young age, if you're told you can't spell or read very well, you're made to feel a bit stupid.” IfsThinkingFeelsWellsChildrenMadeAgeSchoolYoungLyingReadingBitsWrittenStupidSkillsSpellsYoung AgeSpellingWritten WordDon't Lie Author:Erin Richards
“I'm just a guy that is basically depending on my responsibility skills. I'm really responsible with my children and my wife and my family life. Things have changed with me. I'm not a night person anymore. I've got too many responsibilities to play.” ChildrenPersonsPlayNightGuyResponsibilityWifeChangedSkillsMy FamilyResponsibleMy WifeMy ChildrenFamily LifeThings Have ChangedNight Person Author:Mike Tyson
“The private sector granted bursaries [scholarships] for the children of their workers. Some of them built homes for their workers. They had in-service training, which improved the skills of their workers. So that spirit was there. All we did was merely exploit it.” ChildrenHomeSpiritSkillsTrainingBuiltWorkersGrantedExploitsScholarshipPrivate Sector Author:Nelson Mandela
“My mother didn't feel sorry for herself, she was left with no child support, no alimony at a very young age, with a child to raise, a high school education and she just figured it out. She didn't complain, she didn't rely upon government, she relied upon her own skill set, her own self confidence, her own drive in moxie and her own duty to me and her and she relied upon her family and her faith.” FeelsChildrenSelfGovernmentAgeSchoolYoungMotherLeftSupportDutySkillsHigh SchoolRaisesSorrySelf ConfidenceComplainingRelyYoung AgeSchool EducationRely UponAlimonyMoxie Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I would also like to see children aged between 11 and 18 taught financial education in a structured way in schools. I would also say that that is not enough. You have also got to improve numeracy skills, mathematical skills in schools.” WayChildrenEnoughSchoolTaughtSkillsFinancialMathematicalFinancial EducationNumeracy Author:George Osborne
“I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.” IfsThinkingGivingChildrenHelpingCommunityCitiesResponsibilityGenerationsSkillsTrainingProgramFoundationEducationalRestaurantsCulinaryGiving BackFuture GenerationDevelopmentalNew SkillsEducational Programs Author:Emeril Lagasse
“I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with no income and really no skills to parent?” YearsChildrenSexParentCoupleFitSkillsRaisesCommittedIncomeCuriousUnmarried Author:Ellen Barkin
“Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate.” WellsMeanChildrenFactsKidsLanguageParentTalkingEnvironmentSkillsGenesTalkativeLanguage Skills Author:Steven Pinker
“Children who reach the age of eighteen with their entire skills set composed on Nintendo and eating Doritos have been neglected. Their parents neglected to give them the character traits necessary to live successfully.” GivingChildrenHas BeensCharacterAgeParentSkillsEatingTraitsNeglectedEighteenNintendoCharacter TraitDoritos Author:Dave Ramsey
“Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When it comes to the school your child will attend, every parent should have a choice, and every child should have a chance.” NeedsGivingShouldChildrenTodaySchoolJobsChoicesParentChanceCareersTomorrowCitizensSkillsShould HaveFellowsYour Children Author:Mitt Romney
“Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.” ChildrenProblemCareSchoolSocialQualitySkillsBehaviorResearchProgramFewerDisplayInfantHigh QualityChild CareSocial SkillsEarly EducationBehavior Problems Author:Judy Biggert
“When I was a child, my behavior was far from being what most people would label 'intelligent.' It was often limited, repetitive and anti-social. I could not do many of the things that most people take for granted, such as looking someone in the eye or deciphering a person's body language, and only acquired these skills with much effort over time.” PeopleChildrenPersonsBodyEyeLanguageSocialEffortSkillsBehaviorIntelligentGrantedLabelsBody LanguageRepetitiveAnti Social Author:Daniel Tammet
“Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration.” FirstsMayChildrenSocialAbilityTeachGenerationsSkillsUniversityCuteYellowInteractionGesturesRobotsFuture GenerationDemonstrationAutisticFacilitateSocial InteractionCarnegieSocial SkillsLooking AheadAutistic ChildrenCarnegie Mellon Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!” ChildrenImportantShowsHomeRolesSkillsModelsManagementMy ChildrenRole ModelsTestedRichnessOrganizationalManagement SkillsRichness Of Life Author:Susan Wojcicki
“It seems better to me for a child to have these skills and never use them, than not have them and one day need them," she said.” NeedsChildrenSaidUseSeemsOne DaySkillsKatsa Author:Kristin Cashore
“A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.” NeedsChildrenGivenEducationQualityPovertyWiseGenerationsSkillsDiseaseLaborProtectionLovelyExploitationHazardsFull PotentialQuality Education Author:Audrey Hepburn
“Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't rightly see how somebody who claims to have had -What'd you say? One partner?-can be welled trained." He had a point. Her brain clicked away. "I was referring to the instructional videotapes my agency has all its new employees watch." "They train you by watching videos?" His eyes narrowed reminding her of a hunter looking down a gun sight,"Now, ain't that interesting." She felt a little surge of pleasure as her child lost another few points on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Even a computer couldn't have picked a more perfect match.” ChildrenLittlesEyeLostFeltPerfectPleasureInterestingBrainWatchesMissingSkillsComputerGunTestsSightClaimsTrainPartnersVideoAgencyHis EyesEmployeeHuntersRemindingReferringIowaLooking DownMissing SomethingPerfect MatchNew Employees Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement and a nurturing environment. By contrast, the Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they’re capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away.” WayTryingBelieveChildrenChoicesPassionParentEnvironmentHabitProtectSkillsCapableWesternIndividualityBest WayPursueChineseContrastProvidingPreparingNurturingReinforcementTrue PassionWork HabitsPositive Reinforcement Author:Amy Chua
“I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same. Gratitude is essential to happiness. Every time our children rush up to us and smile, we have something to be happy about; every time we get out of bed and can take a deep breath and go out for a walk, we have something to be happy about-that is the essence of a happy existence. Happiness is a muscle we must use, or it will wither away.” ChildrenMomentsUseHappinessNextEnjoyChallengesWalksExistenceGratitudeLessonsBedSkillsEssentialsEssenceBreathsOur ChildrenMusclesI Have LearnedDeep BreathThe Next OneTake A Deep Breath Author:Marianne Williamson