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“The phrase “it takes a village to raise a child” originates from an African proverb and conveys the message that it takes many people (“the village”) to provide a safe, healthy environment for children, where children are given the security they need to develop and flourish, and to be able to realize their hopes and dreams.”
@Andrea Rupert
“Let us admit that some government programs and personnel are efficient and effective, and others are not. Let us acknowledge that when it comes to the treatment of children, some individuals are evil, neglectful, or incompetent, but others are trying to do the best they can against daunting odds and deserve not our contempt but the help only we—through our government—can provide.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“In part, I’m just mystified. Here’s a woman, Hillary [Clinton], who wrote a book about it takes a “village” to raise children. It wasn’t about a book about “it takes a pill.”
@Peter Breggin
“In fact, its extreme case against the government, often including intense personal attacks on government officials and political leaders, is designed not just to restrain government but to advance narrow religious, political, and economic agendas.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“There’s a “doublethink” that the modern person often has. Anything that’s called “science” is accepted as an absolute and sweeps reason away.”
@Peter Breggin
“When I was in college, a phone call home was rare and a flight home, a once-a-year luxury. Now I know traveling parents who see and speak to their kids every day by computer and video hookups,”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“The quoting of an aphorism, such as “It takes a village to raise a child,” “No news is good news,” and “Love conquers all,”
@Daniel Handler
“Making the decision to have a child—it’s wondrous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen, which is why we provide our volunteers with a disguise kit in addition to helpful phrases of advice.”
@Daniel Handler
“First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“This requires an environment where children’s voices are taken seriously and where multiple people (the “villagers”), including parents, siblings, extended family members, neighbors, teachers, professionals, community members, and policymakers, care for a child.”
@Andrea Rupert
“The simple message of It Takes a Village is as relevant as ever: We are all in this together.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“They don’t have time for other people’s thoughts, never mind time to help raise another person’s kids. But we’ve brought back half the saying; it takes a village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Forward-thinking teachers and school administrators across the country are creating a whole range of alternatives to cookie-cutter teaching and evaluation methods, such as the use of student portfolios and exhibitions in addition to conventional exams to assess students’ progress.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Without genuine spiritual community, life becomes a struggle so lonely and grim that even Hillary Clinton has admitted ‘it takes a ‘village’”
@David James Duncan
“Knowing what to expect next gives children a sense of security.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Kids in the village need to rely on other kids too. Encouraging kids to practice this can have so many benefits in the long run.”
@Courtney Byrne
“. . .standards are for: they establish what children should know, not how they are taught or measured.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Back in the day, you relied on the village for everything: one family was the butcher, one was the doctor, one the baker, etc.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Home is a child’s first and most important classroom.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
Short Quotes It Takes A Village
“Inherent in the concept of the village is the notion that caring for children is a shared responsibility amongst many.”
@Darryl Mayberry
“Anti-government rhetoric appears to offer a vision of greater efficiency, self-reliance, and personal freedom.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Unfortunately, this rhetoric ignores what has historically been most valuable about our skepticism toward government—the emphasis it places on personal responsibility from all citizens.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Instead, it argues against the excesses of government but not against those of the marketplace, where there is great power to disrupt the lives of workers, families, and communities.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“I know, but the more the child relies on the village, the more respect they have for it.”
@Courtney Byrne
“As President Lincoln said in his time, ‘The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.’”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young.”
@Helen Fisher
“We are living in an interdependent world where what our children hear, see, feel, and learn will affect how they grow up and who they turn out to be.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“This whole idea of ‘it takes a village to raise a child is exactly how we’re supposed to live.”
@Helen Fisher
“The episodic, reactive, almost frantic pace of what is broadcast makes children feel and act frantic and shortens their attention spans and their patience for activities that take time and problems that don’t yield immediate solutions.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Hillary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child, and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay no price for when they’re wrong.”
@Thomas Sowell
“Parenthood has the power to redefine every aspect of life – marriage, work, relationships with family and friends.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Those helpless bundles of power and promise that come into our world show us our true selves- who we are, who we are not, who we wish we could be.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Spend more time in the village, less in the car. If you want the village to help raise your child, spend more time in it. Sounds simple but sit down and think about the area you consider “your village” and how much time your kids spend in it.”
@Courtney Byrne
“In times of profound and overwhelming social change like the present, however, extreme views hold out the appeal of simplicity.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“By ignoring the complexity of the forces that shape our personal and collective circumstances, they offer us scapegoats. Yet they fail to provide a viable pathway from the cold war to the global village.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“The feeling that a village must help in raising a child is more about the values, responsibilities and life lessons that the village must share and not only about helicopter parents getting help from the village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“They [parents] can resist the impulse to ‘prove’ their love by showering children with things they do not need and give them precious time and attention instead.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“What is left that only the family can do? According to the new economy – nothing. The leading view today is ‘It Takes a Village,’ that even love can be outsourced to teachers, coaches, clubs, and mentors.”
@Oliver DeMille
Amazing It Takes A Village to Raise A Child Quote
“We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. That is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Teach kids to have an open mind with various people correcting and reprimanding to avoid behavior problems in the near future. It’s critical for how they are as adults and the next generation of the village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Our strength, in other words, has rested in our determination to reject simplistic absolutes and to redefine and revitalize a productive middle ground, relinquishing outdated solutions and embracing new approaches.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“We’re in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that’s what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand.”
@Ray Lewis
“Let us stop stereotyping government and individuals as absolute villains or absolute saviors, and recognize that each must be part of the solution. Let us use government, as we have in the past, to further the common good.”
@Hillary Rodham Clinton
“This is where we take the “it takes a village” part of the phrase with parents helping parents to the “raise a child” part of the phrase where children are aware others are helping raise them.”
@Courtney Byrne
“When I am talking about “It Takes a Village”, I’m obviously not talking just about or even primarily about geographical villages any longer, but about the network of relationships and values that do connect us and binds us together.”
@Hillary Clinton
“We even saw Hillary Clinton say – remember her phrase – ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ In other words, your children are not your children – they belong to the community.”
@Rafael Cruz
“What is left that only the family can do? According to the new economy – nothing. The leading view today is ‘It Takes a Village,’ that even love can be outsourced to teachers, coaches, clubs, and mentors. The truth is that it does take a village, a community, but a community of families working, playing, cooperating, and facing obstacles together, not a community of government institutions.”
@Oliver DeMille
“Your village was just as important as those living in your house.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Hilary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay no price for when they’re wrong.”
@Thomas Sowell
“The village concept implies a need to identify the magnitude of exclusion (that is, who is being excluded and from what), specify why they are excluded, and, on that basis, promote access to essential services for individuals and their families and challenge societal attitudes and media misrepresentations.”
@Darryl Mayberry
“Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young… This whole idea of ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ is exactly how we’re supposed to live.”
@Helen Fisher
“All these ‘villagers’ may provide direct care to the children and/or support the parent in looking after their children.”
@Darryl Mayberry
“Ahh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.” He took a giant whiff. “Why does everything girlie smell so delightful?” “Because we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene. And periodically clean our bathrooms.” “Brilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.”
@Kathy Reichs
Just It Takes A Village Quotes
“However, the village, in many countries today, is dissipated and fragmented, and individuals are increasingly isolated and are not eager to ask for, or provide help to, others.”
@Darryl Mayberry
“Desperate times call for desperate measures” is an aphorism which here means “sometimes you need to change your facial expression in order to create a workable disguise.”
@Daniel Handler
“The quoting of an aphorism, such as “It takes a village to raise a child,” “No news is good news,” and “Love conquers all,” rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen, which is why we provide our volunteers with a disguise kit in addition to helpful phrases of advice.”
@Daniel Handler
“Ahh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.” He took a giant whiff. “Why does everything girlie smell so delightful?” “Because we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene.”
@Kathy Reichs
“I think people’s feeling the need to be more dependent on others is caused more by the lack of good-paying jobs and by today’s zeitgeist that insists it takes a village. That’s disempowering although possibly true for many people.”
@Marty Nemko
“And periodically clean our bathrooms.” “Brilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.”
@Kathy Reichs
“In part I’m just mystified. Here’s a woman, Hillary [Clinton], who wrote a book about it takes a “village” to raise children. It wasn’t about a book about “it takes a pill.”
@Peter Breggin
“There’s a “double think” that the modern person often has. Anything that’s called “science” is accepted as an absolute and sweeps reason away.”
@Peter Breggin
“Next time you need an ingredient for a recipe? Don’t run to Amazon Fresh or Instacart right away. Borrow it from a neighbor and send your child over to get it. This is one of the simplest yet impactful ways for a child to rely on a village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“How many times did we hear [Barack] Obama say, ‘You didn’t build that. You didn’t build that – no, you need government.’ We even saw Hillary Clinton say – remember her phrase – ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ In other words, your children are not your children – they belong to the community.”
@Rafael Cruz
Famous It Takes A Village Meme
“You cared and respected everyone because, with a reliance on everyone in the village, you couldn’t risk harming or disrespecting anyone on a regular basis.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew each Sabbath is not community.”
@David James Duncan
“A multinational corporation is neither a human nor a community, and in the sweatshops, defiled agribusiness fields, genetic mutation labs, ecological dead zones, the inhumanity is showing.”
@David James Duncan
“Without genuine spiritual community, life becomes a struggle so lonely and grim that even Hillary Clinton has admitted “it takes a village”.”
@David James Duncan
“Supportive connections with village members are valuable for both children and parents. In her seminal longitudinal study of high-risk children.”
@Bente Weimand
“Defining problems by the systems families engage with, and the need to look at underlying forces underscores the need for a village approach.”
@Darryl Mayberry
“We explore the notion of the village further, provide case studies of when it is occurring and provide principles of a village approach.”
@Andrea Rupert
“We propose a village that has the capacity to provide support and guidance to families living with adversity.”
@Andrea Rupert
“Find your village, let them help you, and most important: let them help in raising your children.”
@Courtney Byrne
“The truth is that it does take a village, a community, but a community of families working, playing, cooperating and facing obstacles together, not a community of government institutions.”
@Oliver DeMille
“However, no one sector or organization is in a position to address all the issues that these families may face. Hence, it is proposed that a “village approach” is needed when bringing up children.”
@Darryl Mayberry
“While the phrase “it takes a village” is being used at an all-time high, a sense of communal society and shared values amongst raising our children may be at an all-time low.”
@Courtney Byrne
“The need to move past traditional practice silos and how the village might work with families is then discussed using two brief case studies.”
@Andrea Rupert
“But how do we go back to relying on our village to help truly raise our children from a values and reliability standpoint for the child?”
@Courtney Byrne
“The child grows up and “is raised” around the values and morals of the entire village, not just what’s going on at home.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Because with phones, we’ve gotten further than ever from letting the village raise the child.”
@Courtney Byrne
“It does take a village to raise good children, so give them more time in their village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“Involve your kids more in things you do to help your village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“People say it takes a village to raise a child. People ask me how my daughter is doing. She’s only doing good if your daughter’s doing good. We’re all one family.”
@Kanye West
“There are, however, times when parents in western cultures draw on different members of the village.”
@Bente Weimand
“It takes a village to raise a child, and I choose to be an actively participating member of my village.”
@Megan Davis
“If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a whole agency to make a successful campaign.”
@David Guerrero
“Make your children know they’re reliant on the village.”
@Courtney Byrne
“I’m every woman. It takes a village to make me who I am.”
@Katy Perry
“A village can’t withstand only one-sided opinions.”
@Courtney Byrne
“It takes a village to raise a child.”
@African Proverb
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