22 quotes found
“Nobody works harder at learning than a curious kid.”
“If boys would think, it would be well to give them less classwork and more opportunity for thought.”
“You are the gatekeeper of your childs mental diet.”
“At least grandmas don't look for angles like other people. Jo”
“One of the benefits the authors point out of discussing logical consequences with children rather than handing out arbitrary punishments is that the practice gives THEM the language to discuss One ...”
“I was young enough to be an optimist.”
“The older they get, the better they get when they were younger”
“High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game.”
“Americans have a tendency to take much of our long-term economic, technological, medical, and social progress for granted, while assuming problems will only get worse. This is unwarranted.”
“We grow before we even know what growth means. We just know, I see things differently now.”
“At 17, the gratitude part of their brain is a little undercooked.”
“When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the m...”
“Because he was suffering doubts about himself and his future, Adams may have felt comfort demeaning the behavior and the character of women.”
“I had intended to visit the haunting ground of my school days. Subconsciously I wanted to be in a place where anxiety, responsibility and financial burden had yet to surface.”
“There was so much so many tests and tasks, so many tiny referenda.”
“I was too old for my father to (be protective), too young to be flattered.”
“This anxiety to keep his father from anger was wearisome to him.”
“They are full of wonder and awe and can play creatively. Sometimes they can sense things that adults often take time to perceive or know. For example, young children are able to make quick intuitiv...”
“The director of one of the nursing homes I have studied said, "We do not become children as we age. But because dependency can look childlike, we too often treat the elderly as though this were the...”
“You are the gatekeeper of your child’s mental diet.”
