Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense of accomplishment they innately have. When th...
What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.
For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.
[...]make sure you raise your children by having them play in their studies, and don't use force.
I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical.
Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.
Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.
I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.
There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.
The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.
Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults.
I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.
The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.
I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.
I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.
If 'Married With Children' hadn't come out when it did, would we really be looking at 'Roseanne,' 'The Middle,' and 'Raising Hope' and being, like, 'Look at how stereotypical they are to lower-income white people!'
Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.
My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a nature walk on Monday; I'm learning so much from her.
It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.
