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~ The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence ~ ~ But however the forms of family life have changed and the number expanded, the role of the family has remained constant and it continues to be the major institution through which children pass en route to adulthood ~ ~ Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood ~ ~ Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age ~ ~ We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice - that is, until we stop saying "It got lost," and say "I lost it." ~ ~ If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables ~ ~ A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~ ~ Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum ~ ~ Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood. ~ ~ A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull out on the tough days of adulthood. ~ ~ I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood? ~ ~ Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution ~ ~ Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood ~ ~ The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood. ~ ~ When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity ~ ~ A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~
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