Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.
I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.
Each game we approach like a final. Today it was the opening game at home, we won and showed outstanding football qualities. We will be preparing for the next game the same way.
Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.
When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons.
That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.
I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that group of people and at home with the desperately poor has been good for me in preparation for my coming to Washington.
My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone.
As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles.
If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
I feel like God puts things in our lives to help prepare us for the future.
Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future.
Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.
In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.
Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this.
Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
Usually I love preparing. It's really the time I prefer, because it's a time of reflection and of possibility of growth - to let it cook inside.
While you are waiting for that special opportunity, be sure to prepare yourself well enough to seize it when it comes.
The art of success is mainly centered on consistently preparing and positioning yourself to seize opportunities whenever they come.
I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.
The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
