“ I believe there is a hero in each of us. The best books are the ones that remind us of who we already are and empower us to embrace our own story. Marilynn Halas
“ ...but oh, it would just break your heart to see some of them waiting for their visitors. They get their hair all done up on Saturday, and on Sunday morning they get themselves all dressed and ready,… Fannie Flagg
“ As the adults, we are the ones who set the stage for vitality, love, or disharmony in the home. We set ourselves up for one or the other, and our children take their cues from us. Gabriel Cousens M.D.
“ I believe that it should be the blessing of every child to be born into a home where that child is welcomed, nurtured, loved, and blessed with parents, a father and a mother, who live with loyalty to… Gordon B. Hinckley
“ ...in order to achieve improved outcomes for families at risk, a paradigm shift is required so that unequal outcomes for families and children are seen as social injustices, rather than as products of… Philip Slee
“ Children are mirrors, tape recorders and copy cats. They show us who we REALLY are, repeat EVERYTHING we say and do exactly what we DO. So, smile and be on your best behavior. Sotero M Lopez II
“ A child is like a relationship. You can only shape it as it's growing, or it becomes a menace if let to grow without respect, understanding and focus. Andew-Knox B Kaniki
“ We think of communication as words. But a screaming child is trying to say something. A tantrum carries a message. Hitting is communication. Sleep patterns carry a message. Even the sulky belligerence… Christopher Page
“ Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. Rick Riordan
“ Children get used to the thought of their fate depends on powerful parents deciding everything in their life Sunday Adelaja
“ Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old. L. Frank Baum
“ Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. Charles Alexander Eastman
“ Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. A. E. van Vogt
“ 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. Coretta Scott King
“ If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good. Eric Braeden
“ Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them. John Walters
“ We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. Phyllis Diller
