All BELL HOOKS Quotes about “Children”

“Sadly, children's passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only.”
“Only grown-ups think that the things children say come out of nowhere. We know they come from the deepest parts of ourselves.”
“Reviewing the literature on love I noticed how few writers, male or female, talk about the impact of patriarchy, the way in which male domination of women and children stands in the ways of love.”
“If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.”
“If Black women stand strong and our commitment is to ending domination I know that I'm supporting Black males, Black children male and female Black elderly because the bottom line is the struggle to end domination in all its forms.”
“I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness.”
“When I began to think deeply about the metaphysics of love I talked with everyone around me about it. I talked to large audiences and even had wee one-on-one conversations with children about the way they think about love. I talked about love in every state, everywhere I traveled.”
“We don't really live in a culture that loves boys or loves children, and we don't encourage boys to be whole.”
“Often girls feel deeply cared about as small children but then find as we develop willpower and independent thought that the world stops affirming us, that we are seen as unlovable.”

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