American Children

Famous quotes containing the words american children, american and/or children:

“Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.”
—Gloria Steinem (20th century)

“The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)

“Our children do not want models of perfection, neither do they want us to be buddies, friends, or confidants who never rise above their own levels of maturity and experience. We need to walk that middle ground between perfection and peerage, between intense meddling and apathy—the middle ground where our values, standards, and expectations can be shared with our children.”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)