“Helping children at a level of genuine intellectual inquiry takes imagination on the part of the adult. Even more, it takes the courage to become a resource in unfamiliar areas of knowledge and in ones for which one has no taste. But parents, no less than teachers, must respect a child's mind and not exploit it for their own vanity or ambition, or to soothe their own anxiety.” MindChildrenHelpingParentImaginationLevelsTeacherTasteAnxietyAmbitionIntellectualAdultsResourcesAreasGenuineVanityInquiryExploitsUnfamiliarHelping Children Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of good taste.” CitiesDangerTasteAdultsExcessVegasLas VegasDisneylandGood Taste Book:The Burning Point Source: The Burning Point
“Your children should have it impressed upon them that their adult life-style will bear very little resemblance to yours and that they should now be acquiring knowledge, skills, values, and tastes that will sustain them in less materially affluent circumstances. On the other hand, the fresh insights and imaginations of your children may help you find a viable future while there's still time.” ShouldMayChildrenLittlesStillsHelpingHandsValuesImaginationStyleBearsCircumstancesTasteSkillsAdultsShould HaveOur ChildrenEnvironmentalInsightYour ChildrenSustainabilityImpressedResemblanceAffluentLife StyleAcquiring Knowledge Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot distinguish between taste and judgment, so long, that is, as the only possible verdicts we can pass on a book are two: this I like; this I don't like. For an adult reader, the possible verdicts are five: I can see this is good and I like it; I can see this is good but I don't like it; I can see this is good and, though at present I don't like it, I believe that with perseverance I shall come to like it; I can see that this is trash but I like it; I can see that this is trash and I don't like it.” BelieveLongI CanTwoBookI BelieveFiveStageReaderTasteJudgmentAdultsPerseveranceNurseTrashNurseryVerdictTaste And Judgment Author:W. H. Auden