Children's Education Quotes

Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction.

Those who control the access to the minds of children will set the agenda for the future of the nation and the future of the western world.

I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.

Reason, if consulted with, would advise, that their children's time should be spent in acquiring what might be useful to them when they come to be men, rather than to have their heads stuff'd with a deal of trash, a great part whereof they usually never do ('tis certain they never need to) think on again as long as they live: and so much of it as does stick by them they are only the worse for.

I hope my children will grow up to love literature, but I expect they will absorb it as readily via a screen or pod as from glued quires of printed pages.

PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.

God's law is God's law, period. Teach your children that.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful — there are far too many children.

I'm thankful that through my foundation I can provide much-needed supplies to children as they start school and some relief to parents who have a hard time making ends meet.

I talk to children in schools all over the world, and I've found that both boys and girls are fascinated by how hunter-gatherers manage to survive entirely on what's around them in their environment: trees, rocks, animals and plants.

We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done.

I think children learn through their parents.

Education is very important to me, as is helping children.

You can’t think how much anxiety pervades the country about the children’s education. I receive dozens of letters from schools and tutors every day about it.

I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

How my son discovered vegetables was from growing them in the garden.

Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.

Entire families are attending 'Son of God' together and sharing it with their own kids. Parents are using the film as a conversation starter to help bring the story of Jesus to life for their children.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.

If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.

Emeril is a one-in-a-million Renaissance man. In 2002, he established his foundation to support children's educational programs to inspire and mentor young people through culinary arts, school food and nutrition.

My appearances are almost theatrical performances. I bring items for the children to see, such as photographs and actual piece of meteorite, a family quilt, sometimes spectacles, sometimes clothing, so that they can understand what I write about is family stories based in fact.