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I wanted to answer big questions about humanity, about how it is that we understand about the world, how we can know as much as we do, why human nature is the way that it is. And it always seemed to me that you find answers to those questions by looking at children.

~Alison Gopnik

Topics: About Always Answer Answers Big Big Questions Children Find How Human Human Nature Humanity Know Looking Me Much Nature Questions Seemed Those Understand Wanted Way Why World You

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Children have a very good idea of how to distinguish between fantasies and realities. It's just they are equally interested in exploring both.

~Alison Gopnik

Topics: Between Both Children Distinguish Equally Exploring Fantasies Good Good Idea How Idea Interested Just Realities Very

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Even the very youngest children already are perfectly able to discriminate between the imaginary and the real, whether in books or movies or in their own pretend play. Children with the most elaborate and beloved imaginary friends will gently remind overenthusiastic adults that these companions are, after all, just pretend.

~Alison Gopnik

Topics: Able Adult After Beloved Between Books Children Companions Discriminate Elaborate Even Friends Gently Imaginary Just Most Movies Own Perfectly Play Pretend Real Remind Very Whether Will Youngest

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I've had three of my own children and spent my professional life thinking about children. And yet I still find my relation to my children deeply puzzling.

~Alison Gopnik

Topics: About Children Deeply Find Had Life My Own Own Professional Professional Life Puzzling Relation Spent Still Thinking Three

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My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.

~Alison Moyet

Topics: Big Children Chip Education Fall Get Had Me Never Same Trap Wanted

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I have two beautiful children and my husband. The perfect day for me is just to be with them and have fun. We like simple things, you know.

~Alison Sweeney

Topics: Beautiful Children Day Fun Have Fun Husband Just Know Like Me Perfect Simple Simple Things Them Things Two You

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Our pets rely on us entirely for their nutrition. So if you're making your own judgments, that could lead to a mistake. At the same time, we have more control over our pet's diet than we do with our children or with ourselves, so your vet can tell you what is appropriate for your dog and you can assign them that.

~Alison Sweeney

Topics: Appropriate Assign Children Control Could Diet Dog Entirely Judgments Lead Making Mistake More Nutrition Our Ourselves Over Own Pet Pets Rely Same Same Time Tell Than Them Time Us Vet You Your

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Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.

~Alison Sweeney

Topics: About Ages American Approximately At Least One Believe Blame Children Disease Fact Factor Heart Heart Disease How Kids Least Obese Overweight Parents Percent Risk Schools Us Years You

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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.

~Allan Bloom

Topics: Aspiration Children Competence Fathers Highest Idea Imagine Lost Might Mothers Specialized Success Them Wise

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Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later.

~Allan Bloom

Topics: Always Authority Children Entertainment Entertainment Industry Everything Gives Grew Had Industry Later Parents Public Rock Silver Tell Them Understand Until Up Used Wait Would

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