#child

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. ↗

— Charlotte Davis Kasl

#avoiding #between #caretakers #caring #children

Nothing prepares a family for having multiple children at once. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#family #having #multiple #nothing #once

In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not of two but of one. ↗

— Leon Kass

#cloned #cloning #contrast #product #reproduction

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants. ↗

— Leon Kass

#child #every #exists #our #satisfy

Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a copy, or to copy a parent or a relative or even a celebrity. ↗

— Leon Kass

#child #copy #could #dead #even

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether. ↗

— Leon Kass

#about #altogether #children #controversy #important

They’re close. Voices loud and fierce, Slapping faces with words. A scream … A cry … They’re getting closer. Did I lock the door? It’s too late to check. They’re coming. I barely move, barely breathe. Perhaps they’ll go away. But they’re getting closer. The door slams against the wall. My eyes squeeze shut. This curtain is not a shield. They’re here. They’ve come for me. I freeze. Metal rings clank together. My barrier is cast aside. Wearily, I look. Reddened eyes glower at one another … But not at me. I wonder. A moment of silence … Water streams down my face. Steam rolls around my flesh. I glare at the intruders And slide the curtain between us. I wait. He shrieks, “She took my glow stick!” She howls, “No, I didn’t!” I scowl. “Go tell your father about it.” They leave. I inhale the lavender mist. Slather bubbles over my skin. Five more minutes … And, next time, I shall lock the door. ↗

— Barbara Brooke

#family #humor #meditation #poem #poetry

Parents have the ability to screen their children's Internet access at home. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#access #children #home #internet #parents

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#always #children #harrowing #i #i think

Love for children is the enormous untapped power that can wake us up to the profound changes we need to make if we’re to have a future worth living. ↗

— Raffi Cavoukian

#change