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		The bud, though plucked, would not be withered, only transplanted to a fitter soil to ripen and blow beneath a brighter sun; and though I might not cherish and watch my child's unfolding intellect, he would be snatched away from all the suffering and sins of earth; and my understanding tells me this would be no great evil; but my heart shrinks from the contemplation of such a possibility, and whispers I could not bear to see him die.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anne Bronte 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It takes three to make a child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				e. e. cummings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Ingalls Wilder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the spectrum linking everyday depression to Major Depression sometimes hinders understanding of it, it also offers an opportunity for empathy. Because almost everyone, at some point, experiences feelings of sadness, of hopelessness, of emptiness, not to mention lethargy and irritability. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gayle Forman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yehuda Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malcolm Turnbull 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Levin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				K. Flay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a Westerner, the child of civil rights and anti-war activists, I embraced Islam not in abandonment of my core values, drawn almost entirely from the progressive tradition, but as an affirmation of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hamza Yusuf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karisma Kapoor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olivia Newton-John 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madame de Stael 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Medieval alchemists, despite their lust for gold, considered mercury the most potent and poetic substance in the universe. As a child, I would have agreed with them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Kean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vincent D'Onofrio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I've never been more alive as when I worked on this book. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Hillenbrand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Jung 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and not a guffaw. But there's no juice in that for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bea Arthur 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a black child's on the cover, it is perhaps not for them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malorie Blackman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When you are surrounded by children, the child in you comes back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Celine Dion 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lindsay Duncan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I talk to children, I show them a typical drawing I made when I was six and point out to them that when I was their age, I didn't draw any better than any of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anthony Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Deirdre O'Kane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The bud, though plucked, would not be withered, only transplanted to a fitter soil to ripen and blow beneath a brighter sun; and though I might not cherish and watch my child's unfolding intellect, he would be snatched away from all the suffering and sins of earth; and my understanding tells me this would be no great evil; but my heart shrinks from the contemplation of such a possibility, and whispers I could not bear to see him die. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anne Bronte