“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”— James Baldwin
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”— James Baldwin
“Let us get rid of the idea that somehow or other we can divide the interests of a child from the interests of the family and the interests of the community.”— Grace Abbott
“Unless democracy is to commit suicide, it must recognize that the child is the first interest of the state.”— Grace Abbott
“It is not beyond our power to make this a world in which all children have a fair chance.”— Grace Abbott
“There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.”— William Maxwell Aitken
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.”— Edward Blishen
“For the sake of the children, for the Republic, for the future of our race, let us strive to make this country a better place to live in.”— Florence Kelley
“There's no such thing as a kid who hates to read. There are kids who love to read, and there are kids who are reading the wrong books.”— James Patterson
“Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable.”— Kenneth B. Clark