Gloria Estefan Quotes about Children

One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.

I majored in Psychology in college. I was going to be a child psychologist.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

[As of November 17, 2006] 'Noelle's Treasure Tale' has remained at No. 3 on the New York Times children's best seller list since its October 10 release.

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book.

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education was the broadening and opening of children's minds. And she couldn't be a party to the systematic closing of minds, borders, freedoms and ideals.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

I thought it would be lovely to use [pet bulldog] Noelle as an example to teach the importance of being who you are. For me it's important to inspire children in a positive way, and at times they understand more messages through entertainment than when one is talking to them directly.

[My first children's book] is very subliminal, let's put it that way. It even has a bit of a metaphysical little message in there [about how] we're all somehow connected and we all have a responsibility toward each other. Although you may feel alone in the world, you definitely are not.

Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.