Both the IDB and Fundacion ALAS believe that the future of prosperity and equality that we hope for has to start today with higher investment and higher quality in Early Childhood Development programs throughout the region.
I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.
For too long, Ireland has neglected its children.
The news media is so quick to pick up tragic stories of imperiled children that it seems like there are more terrible events today than ever before - when in fact it's quite the opposite. It is, in all manners possible to calculate, the safest time in the history of civilization to be a kid.
You want the best for your kid, but everybody's career is completely different in this industry.
The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?
All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.
Children are a quality of life ... when our children are happy, then we are better as human beings.
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I will be working with the Administration for Children's Services and others to bring about necessary reforms - and ensure that our city meets its most solemn responsibility - protecting the welfare of our children.
My happiness is measured against my kids' happiness - when they're in a good place, I feel really good.
I am proud to be named a Defender of Children by First Focus, and I will continue to call on Congress to enact comprehensive policies that improve the well-being of our children.
Remember that disadvantage is less about income than environment. The best metrics of child poverty aren't monetary, but rather how often a child is read to or hugged.
Conservatives are, I think, correct to highlight family stability as a fundamental issue that goes to the welfare of children as much as food stamps or anything else.
UNICEF is working for the survival of children worldwide. What can we do to get more Americans committed to the cause?
We have an opportunity to focus global attention on what should be obvious: every mother, and every child, counts. They count because we value every human life. The evidence is clear that healthy mothers and children are the bedrock of healthy and prosperous communities and nations.
When did you ever hear of a child not in need? 'Oh that's enough jam tart for me, I'll just go now and clean the toilets.'
There is no amount of money, time or energy too great to spend on our children. They are our angels, our future. In failing them, we are failing ourselves.
When mothers earn their fair share, young children have greater access to quality health care, educational opportunities, and safe communities. By ending the wage gap, we will help ensure that every child can achieve his or her God-given potential.
UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.
This mother needs happy, reputable children, and that one needs unhappy ones: otherwise she cannot show her kindness as a mother.
There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.
I have long believed that what most affects a child is not the divorce, per se, but how it is handled
Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.
