20+ Edward Zigler Quotes On Education, Religion And Art

Edward Zigler is an American developmental psychologist who is best known for his work in the field of early childhood education. He is the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University and the founding director of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. He is also a founding member of the National Academy of Education and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Edward Zigler on education, religion, art.

The best indicator of quality day care is the kid wants to go there, and doesn't want to go home. — Edward Zigler

We have to stop harming children in child care. I'm trying to make us stop. I wouldn't know what to do otherwise. — Edward Zigler

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character. — Edward Zigler

You win what you can win when you can win it, and keep pushing - all the time. And that's how this game is played. And I'll play it till I can't play it anymore. — Edward Zigler

The problem in child care, which really all of us are going to have to think hard on, is that there is no really great solution that we can come up with for ages zero to three. — Edward Zigler

Most mothers and fathers will shop more for a TV set than they will for a child care center for their child. — Edward Zigler

I don't think child care is ever going to be much of a federal effort. Just like education. Six or 7 percent - that's all I want from the government. Pay that piece of it for poor or developmentally disabled children. — Edward Zigler

I don't think if you take somebody's temperature a lot that will make them well. — Edward Zigler

I thought the whole idea of being a conservative was to keep the government from messing around in people's lives. And yet they say the government should be getting into people's families. That's messing pretty heavily where I come from. — Edward Zigler

All of us know high-I.Q. people with whom we don't want to be in the same room. — Edward Zigler

I know all the problems of the schools. They're rigid, they're bureaucratic, they've got a lot of problems. But it's such an important institution, and holds such promise. — Edward Zigler

Get kids out of poverty. Poverty is devastating. — Edward Zigler

I'm really not a partisan political person. I remember when I was in Washington they kept trying to get me to say whether I was a Republican or a Democrat. I just said, my politics are children. That's all I know anything about. — Edward Zigler

I teach child development and social policy as an undergraduate course, and I tell my students, "Look, on any of these issues, if you don't want to work on it for thirty years, don't start." — Edward Zigler

A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q. — Edward Zigler

I guess if you're doing God's work, whatever you do is in His name. — Edward Zigler

I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them. — Edward Zigler

It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children. — Edward Zigler

I don't think anything good is happening. I think we're paying the price for it. I think while crime in general is going down, youth crime is going up. I think mental health problems of the youth are going up. You can't show causality. It's a hard stretch. — Edward Zigler

Kids do better, frankly [when the economy is strong]. Jobs make great years for kids. — Edward Zigler

Life Lessons by Edward Zigler

1. Edward Zigler's work highlights the importance of early childhood education and the need for comprehensive, multi-faceted approaches to child development.
2. He advocated for the integration of mental health services into schools and for the use of evidence-based practices in the field of psychology.
3. He also emphasized the need to consider the impact of poverty and other social factors on children's development, and the importance of providing resources to those in need.