“Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.” MenWantChildrenTalkingYouthOur ChildrenYour ChildrenSmartness Author:E. W. Howe
“If children had teachers for judgment and eloquence just as they have for languages, if their memory was exercised less than their energy or their natural genius, if instead of deadening their vivacity of mind we tried to elevate the free scope and impulse of their souls, what might not result from a fine disposition? As it is, we forget that courage, or love of truth and glory are the virtues that matter most in youth; and our one endeavour is to subdue our children's spirits, in order to teach them that dependence and suppleness are the first laws of success in life.” IfsMindFirstsChildrenSoulMatterMightLawSpiritOrderEnergyLanguageNaturalMemoriesForgetResultsTeachVirtueTeacherYouthFineGeniusJudgmentGloryOur ChildrenImpulseSuccess In LifeDependenceDispositionScopeEloquenceEndeavourVivacity Author:Luc de Clapiers
“A large portion of Christ's miracles of love were wrought at the urgent request of parents for their suffering children. Is that ear gone deaf to-day? Will He not do for our children's souls what He did for the bodies of the ruler's daughter, and the dead youth at Nain?” ChildrenSoulBodySufferingParentChristGoneYouthDaughterEarsMiracleOur ChildrenPortionsRulersDeafUrgentRequest Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“In European and American society, many pundits started to lament the death of literature; looking at youth who were getting more and more attracted to sitcoms - hard, adventure films and said, our children are no longer reading, or else they're reading cartoons.” ChildrenFilmReadingLiteratureYouthAdventureOur ChildrenCartoonSitcomLament Author:Wole Soyinka