Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Child Development Quotes
AccessibilityChild DevelopmentEducationFuture PlanningWorkforce Development It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
Child DevelopmentEducationLearningLiteracyReading 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.
Child DevelopmentCuriosityEducationInfluence of AdultsLearning Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
Child DevelopmentEducationEqualityFutureHope Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
Child DevelopmentEducationTruth Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.
Child DevelopmentCuriosityEducationNatural worldScience literacy The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over rocks, jumping with two feet into mud puddles and playing with the tablecloth and fine china.
Child DevelopmentEducationLearningSafetySecurity If you don't feel safe as a child, you can't learn.
Child DevelopmentCuriosityEducationParentingScience I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only one bit of advice. Get out of their way. Kids are born curious. Period.
Behavioral InfluenceChild DevelopmentFamily DynamicsParentingPsychology Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
Child DevelopmentDependenceDisappointmentEntitlementExpectations Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them.
Child DevelopmentEducation PhilosophyIndependenceTeaching The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
AuthorityChild DevelopmentControlDisciplineParenting Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.
Child DevelopmentCreativity and explorationCuriosityLearning through hands-on experiencePractical skills Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands dirty: make things, dismantle things, fix things.
