If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't think I had anything particular to say, but I thought I might have something to say to children.
General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.
You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up.
You know how it's almost impossible for kids to not say what they think? That's me. I have to make the conscious effort to be situationally appropriate.
I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe.
With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.
All generalizations are false, including this one.
Kids - in a really good way - can talk about their differences without the baggage that adults have.