#raising

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#handful #me #raising #trust

The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending already approved by Congress. Despite that fallacy, the GOP has been able to score political points with its argument. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#additional #already #approved #argument #authorize

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#consciousness-raising #spirituality #yoga #zen #courage

He's the thrilling, scary Boyfriend who's going to dare you to do things you'd never dreamed of, shower you with unreasonable presents, and show up uninvited at the most embarrassing times. Then he's going to stick with you, refusing to take the hint when you don't answer his calls. ↗

— Sara Miles

#jesus-freak-feeding #raising-the-dead #dreams

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem. ↗

— Anitra Lynn McLeod

#raising-children #violence #family

Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking. The appropriate countermeasure then involves increasing the subjective value of the desired act relative to any competing response tendencies he might have, rather than having the model senselessly repeat an already redundant sequence of behavior. ↗

— Urie Bronfenbrenner

#education #psychology #raising-children #education

Even if God never did another good thing in our lives, we could spend the rest of this life praising Him for what He has already done. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#faith

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster. ↗

— Joe Biden

#disaster #economy #idea #just #middle

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#child #drop #expected #hat #how

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years." ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#each #i #practical #put #raising