Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that cri...tical opinion is often orphaned in the present.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who ... have already accep...ted as inevitable the wide gulf between their real futures and the expectations of their fantasies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That children link us with the future is hardly news. . . . When we participate in the growth of children, a sense of wonder must ...take hold of us, providing for us a sense of future. Without the intimation of concrete individual futures, it is hardly worth bothering with social change and improvement.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They spe...ak in languages we once classified as "exotic" but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One of the things that is most striking about the young generation is that they never talk about their own futures, there are no f...utures for this generation, not any of them and so naturally they never think of them. It is very striking, they do not live in the present they just live, as well as they can, and they do not plan. It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for a future, none at all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As a parent, you can play three important roles in teaching your children about sex. As a model for your child, your own comfort l...evel can instill a sense of confidence and trust that will reinforce his or her healthy curiosity about the world. As an information source, you can make sure that curiosity is satisfied with clear and accurate facts about the body, the sexes, and how babies are made. Finally, as a guide to values, you can guarantee that the messages your child receives about sex are invested with the family values you want to instill.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »