Quotes about chi
children looks want
Children are like puppies: you have to keep them near you, and look after them, if you want their affection. Anna Magnani
children want my-own
I absolutely want to have children, whether I have my own or adopt. Anna Kournikova
children eye red
Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? Anna Letitia Barbauld
children use example
Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.
children school discipline
When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison. Angela Davis
children hands germany
We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change. Angela Merkel
children eye light
Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen from our eyes and the most horrible of crimes...reach the light of day? Amy Goodman
children people my-children
I love being with my children. They're fascinating people. Amy Grant
children hard-work parent
Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves. Amy Chua
children ideas parent
All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.
children giving-up fun
Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great if you can instill in children the ability to not give up, to have a work ethic.
children passion thinking
There's something suspicious about saying, 'I'm just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.' You know what? I think most 13-year-olds' passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.
children self-esteem thinking
I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.
children thinking littles
Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.
children parent kind
Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you sending them?
children self discipline
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.
children parent lord
Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me.
children want knows
We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.
children believe passion
Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement and a nurturing environment. By contrast, the Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they’re capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away.
children home equality
marriage, home life, and children, ought to be enjoyed by men and women together. Nobody - and least of all the child - is served by the present tendency to put these things all on one side as 'Woman's World. Alva Myrdal
children love-you unconditional-love
It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely. Anne Parillaud
children writing people
Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often people get offended by it. Anne Roiphe
children parent way
One of the things about parents and children is that there is no way that you go through this without there being mutual anger.
children doctors people
We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn't always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be.
children eight piano
The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new grand pianos. He left a considerable estate when he died. Anne Sexton
children thinking hair
The Witch's Life" When I was a child there was an old woman in our neighborhood whom we called The Witch. All day she peered from her second story window from behind the wrinkled curtains and sometimes she would open the window and yell: Get out of my life! She had hair like kelp and a voice like a boulder. I think of her sometimes now and wonder if I am becoming her.
children heart sleep
the heart, this child of myself that resides in the flesh, this ultimate signature of the me, the start of my blindness and sleep, builds a death crèche.
children growing-up flower
I did not know the woman I would be nor that blood would bloom in me each month like an exotic flower, nor that children, two monuments, would break from between my legs....
children maturity motorcycle
Our children tremble in their teen-age cribs, whirling off on a thumb or a motorcycle....
children lying poetry
Poets are sitting in my kitchen. Why do these poets lie? Why do children get children and Did you hear what it said?
childhood house body
At six I lived in a graveyard full of dolls, avoiding myself, my body, the suspect in its grotesque house.
children heart i-love-him
How can so much beauty hide such a bruised and steely heart, and why must I love him, why must I lean in my weariness upon his irresistible yet indomitable strength? Is he not the wizend funeral spirit of a dead man in a child's clothes? Anne Rice
children believe vampire
Consequently, if you believe God made Satan, you must realize that all Satan's power comes from God and so that Satan is simply God's child, and that we are God's children also. There are no children of Satan, really.