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Hugh Mackay

"Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters."

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"Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters."

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Donna Grant

"Cullen is up there killing my children. He's killing everyone."

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Donna Grant

"More than Captain America your kids need Amelia Earhart " more than Ant Man, they need Abraham Lincoln - more than Green Arrow they need Gandhi " more than Iron Man they need Isaac Newton."

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Donna Grant

"There is no overt rivalry among our children."

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Donna Grant

"We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them."

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Donna Grant

"My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish."

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Donna Grant

"Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong."

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Donna Grant

"You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going."

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Donna Grant

"It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children."

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Donna Grant

"I do very well three things: my job, stupidities and children."

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Hugh Mackay
"Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people."

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Hugh Mackay
"Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV."

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Hugh Mackay
"Some researchers sensibly suggest that rather than worrying too much about which programs our children are watching, we should concentrate on trying to reduce the total amount of time they spend in front of the screen."

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Hugh Mackay
"Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters."

Children

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Hugh Mackay
"Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable."

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Hugh Mackay
"The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience."

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Hugh Mackay
"It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them."

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Hugh Mackay
"Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account."

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Hugh Mackay
"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational."

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Hugh Mackay
"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills."

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