on children
“Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.”
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From our community writers
Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn’t have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
James WatsonJames Watson Mozart didn’t need a scheme for his music. He played and sang with the heavenly lightness of a child.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.
Cormac McCarthyCormac McCarthy I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.
Christopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe All one can really leave one’s children is what’s inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.
Wernher von BraunWernher von Braun A mother who is not everything for her children: a friend, a teacher, a confidant, a source of joy and founded pride, inducement and soothing, reconciliator, judge and forgiver, that mother obviously chose the wrong job.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky Until one looks back on one’s own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.
Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie