Madison Webb
10/27/2014 11:51:45 pm
I think this means to raise children or make them good people at a young age. If the child grows up to be "broken", or horrible, then they will have to be "repaired", or fixed and become better. So its important to help children do the right thing at a young age.
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6/29/2018 10:52:46 am
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Frederick Douglass quote is right on point . today will you look at young boys that are in prison weather there in juvenile facilities or full-grown adult Mexican prison you can see the broken is in the eyes . We have to build our boys and no girls to be strong spiritually and mentally so they could take on the world head on. I’m an author, Filmmaker, and host of the annual Black On Black Crime solutions panel check out my link .
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Jason Riley
11/20/2019 08:25:23 am
I agree u have to raise people right in order for their to be right. Some people grow up and become and clueless mean people who go through everyday things that they struggle to deal with.
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Anonymous
1/21/2021 04:26:08 pm
Wtf
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2/2/2021 08:53:33 pm
I think the following quote (“It’s easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men.“) means, in order to see right from wrong you need to know whats right from wrong. To prevent broken men or women, we need to build up stronger children. If you teach your child to do the right things as they grow up they wont need directions in life. Help grow your child's life early before its to late.
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Elaine Williams
2/2/2024 02:54:00 pm
He is telling us that, we have failed and that our children have a chance. So, let us all " Do the right thing", for them!!
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Kasim Cooke
10/27/2014 11:52:52 pm
The quote that Fredrick Douglass is saying is that it is easier to mold a child into a well behaved adult than it is to mold a broken man into a well behaved gentleman.
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Dawn
5/19/2018 10:25:49 am
I strongly agree with this meaning, as you look around our youth have no hope and our men aren't good examples for them to follow . We are not only loss but have no hope .
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10/28/2014 12:02:02 am
What the quote is trying to say is that it is easier to influence a child to be what you want than a man. Men are harder to influence because they already have many ideas that were influenced in them from their childhood. Therefore making it easier to put good and bad ideas in a child's head.
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Gabrielle Larmond
10/28/2014 12:02:41 am
In my opinion I think that this quote is trying to say that kids are impressionable but adults are much harder to change. I think this is true. Since I was little my parents said to set an example. Although I had no idea what they were talking about I kinda understood. They taught me how to do regular stuff that I had to practice like reading. If they taugt me how to read now it`d be a bit harder.
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10/28/2014 12:04:08 am
To build storng children will benifit you. This is more useful and better for life. You need strong children in the world to grow up and become healthy men and women. Repairing men is useless and taking effort away. Broken men are no more. This is waisting lifes efforts.
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Jashua Wallace
10/28/2014 12:05:22 am
To me the quote meant that it is easier to raise or build up a child, than it is to fix up someone who is broken. So in other words it is easier to start fresh than it is to try and fix something broken.
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Noel
7/6/2018 11:55:01 am
I agree!
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Angela Ruiz
10/28/2014 12:06:55 am
To me, this quote means that in order for children to be raised good, that have to be taught at a young age. Such as having good manners or using good language. (saying thank you or please) Broken men are people that proberly use drugs, don't have a job. Men like that are harder to help like children. Well, atleast for children.
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10/28/2014 12:07:12 am
The quote is saying keep going.Don't repair what has already served, make something new.give a chance.Don't be afraid to be different.Let the younger people do something for a change. Create an adult in them.
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lava
11/13/2019 03:21:29 am
You're WRONG
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Nicole Vazquez
10/28/2014 12:07:46 am
I think that this qoute is saying it that it is easier to shape children and when they are young apposed to a full grown man. I think this because a grown man that has learned to adapt to surrondings. then to a young child that has not had a chance to adapt.It easier to shape a child because a man has grown used to his habits good or bad. to rap everything up i think that the qoute is saying to teach your child the right thing when you have the chance because as soon as they can if they weren't taught better than they might learn the wrong thing.
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Amari Johnson
10/28/2014 12:09:56 am
I think that this quote is saying that it is not as easy to change the past of one that is older than to teach one that is younger to change the future.
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Lisa t.
6/28/2016 05:29:21 pm
Perfect.
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kimberly amador
10/12/2016 07:44:07 pm
true
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Gwen N Johnson
2/16/2020 11:01:38 am
Well stated.
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Tamie adebolu
10/28/2014 12:10:17 am
This phrase really speaks to me [personification], to me it is a very deep phrase of knowledge. This sentence means that to prevent broken men we need to build up stronger children.
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blue warden
3/21/2017 09:37:39 pm
Out of all that's been said, I agree with you. You either build strong children or suffer the consequences of broken men. So it's easier to get it right when there children than to fix what they never got, as men.
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Sandy Hagans
9/12/2017 06:09:37 am
YesSss!! I love your response.
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Nayzeth Gutierrez
10/28/2014 12:11:46 am
I personally think this quote "It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." by Frederick Douglas
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blue warden
3/21/2017 09:38:34 pm
I totally agree.
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Cynthia Gilmore
10/28/2014 12:16:16 am
I think the quote means we can build strong people, but can't fix people who are already built.I think children can be raised good and decide what they want when they are old enough.A man that has gone through a lot is hard to tell him what to do to fix him, because he thinks he knows best.I think this because children must do what they are told, and adults have options.It would most likely be better if adults would listen just as much as kids do, and maybe we can help them.
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10/28/2014 12:20:36 am
I think the qoute is saying that it is easier to start children off with a fresh start that to make to repair a man that has made too many mistakes.It is saying that you should build a strong,healthy child to be a wonderful person.I think the qoute is saying that it is hard to make a better man out of a broken down man.It is better if you make a new,strong man than constructing a man that needs to be repaired.
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Jei'Ore Smith
10/28/2014 01:29:05 am
I think the quote is saying you should try to raise your child the best now because when they get older it will be too late. Make your child be the best they can be. They could grow up to be a bad person and it will be hard to fix that when they are older. It's better to teach them everything as a child. As a man he probably will think he knows everything so you cant raise a man but you can raise a child.
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Kingson Mckenzie
10/28/2014 01:31:03 am
It is easy to correct children because they are still learning. On the other hand it is not easy to correct adults, because they are grown and have finished school.This quote is basically saying that it is easy to repair a child, who is still learning children.It is not easy to correct a broken man who is no longer learning as much.
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Fernando R. L. Jr.
10/28/2014 01:31:17 am
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
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Jessica Brown
10/28/2014 01:33:10 am
This quote "It is easier to build strong children than to repair a broken men." means that is is better to make a child grow up to be a gentleman or woman than to make an adult gentle. It means that you should raise a child to be proper or it will take alot of will power to change an adults mind. This quote is what a parent should do and what most parents want for their child. This qoute has alot of meaning and power. That is what I think the quote means.
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Deekara Eliza-Rose Thomas
10/28/2014 01:35:05 am
This quote is talking about how if you raise your kids to be strong they will grow up to be powerful people but if you raise them to just be anything they will grow up thinking less of themselves and be scared and meek. The kids who are raised to be strong will be able to take defeat and get back up and fight back ( not in a violent way). They kids raised any kind of way will take to failure and not try again. They will be broken. It is hard to repair a person after they have been broken.
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Lirqur
1/16/2019 12:30:02 pm
You just described my life. And i must say, you're 1000% extra correct.
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Mekhi roberts
10/28/2014 01:35:51 am
Frederick Douglas is saying that it is easier to give the right mindset to children than to give that same mindset to a man who has grew up with the opposite mindset. Children a more easy influenced and are our future.The men have already been taught their mindset and it is difficult to change their minds. Children are still learning so when you teach them something, they are most likely to agree. With men there is a slimmer chance.
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Terrance Parker
10/28/2014 01:36:54 am
What I think this quote means is that when you become older you cant change easier than kids can change. The reason why is because the kids can start off fresh.I think that quoteis very true.a kid can get information in their head just like their abc's. But, a grown up already has a lifestyle that they are used to in their head. Therefore grown people are harder to change.
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Demeara Hinds
10/28/2014 01:39:27 am
This quote is saying that if a man is already messed up why fix him. When his children are growing up you can make them better people. The man whom is broken is very hard to repair. But a child still being built is easy to fix. Just like how they say we children are the future, we are the one that will make the world a better place.
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Zykwann Holmes
10/28/2014 01:40:11 am
When reading the quote I comprehended that it is easier to raise a fresh idea child than to raise a man that has ideas already.What I mean by saying this is that you can raise a child to a bright future but it may be much harder to raiswe a full grown man. This is like you training a baby to not wreck your house but if the man pays the bills you may not be able to.I feel that this is a true quote that is giving truthful information. So go start raising your child but don't tell a man what to do.
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kendra santillan
10/28/2014 01:40:22 am
I think that this quote is saying that people should raise their kids to be the best they can be. That the children should be able to tell the right from the wrong because once they grow up it'll be harder to fix their mistakes. As a child he or she listens, but as a grown up they refuse to listen. This is why I think that parents should teach their children to be the best they can be while they're still young. That way they dont go through the trouble of trying to correct their kids when they're older.
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Daynley Francis
10/28/2014 01:44:07 am
What I think the quote is describing is that its easier to make strong and healthy children as you were raised when they are young because you infleuence them. Its hard to repair broken men because in this situation you don't influence them so they may go back to do the same old thing. Its not easy to correct grown men because they are the same age as you what makes you think they will actually listen to you unless you've been through the same exact thing. Children have no choice but to listen to what grown ups talk about because they think it may be true. If you influence children the right way then they might not make the same mistakes as you.
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DeAndre Johnson
10/28/2014 01:46:56 am
This quote is saying that teaching a child is easier than teaching a grown person new things. It is hard to start over but it easier to start new. Strong children will be even stronger parents; therefore, their children will be strong. To mend a broken man, is to mend the very fabric of someone's personality. To build up a person, you have the power; the power to make a strong man.
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ANDREW HUTCHERSON
10/28/2014 01:47:29 am
THIS QUOTE MEANS THAT ONCE YOUR GROWN THERES NO COMING BACK. ITS UP TO OTHER PEOPLE TO INFLUENCE YOUNGER KIDS TO BE STRONG AND DO THE RIGHT THING. IT IS EXPRESSING HOW A CHILD SHOULD BE TREATED BEFORE AND ADULT.ALSO, ITS HARDER TO CHANGE SOMEHTING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN INFLUENCED
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Alexander Jones
10/28/2014 02:26:43 am
I think this quote means that children are easier to build then to "repair" or help older people. This means that children are young so their mind can still be swayed to different beliefs. However, an adult's mind is too strong in their beliefs to be easily swayed or convinced to changing their thoughts.
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Shadarria Hawkins
10/28/2014 02:27:43 am
The quote is saying that you can teach a child because they know to listen to adults. They also know that they are suppose to listen to adults because its helps them to become a mature adult. If you try to repair a grown man it is going to very hard because they wont listen, and they might no even know they are broken. They might also think that they know whats bestb for them. Once youre grown there's no one to teach like how they did when you were a kid. Thats why its easier to teach a kid.
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D'Aquil Allen
10/28/2014 03:12:59 am
This quote means that it is easier to build up a child that is strong than to repair a man that is broken. A broken man is a man who has lost power or was defeated. To build a strong child is to train the child from when they are young so they could be strong enough to fight. They train the child so they could defend themselves for danger. A broken man can no longer defend himself.
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caleb davis
10/28/2014 03:14:09 am
This qoute means to make the future. it also talks about not staying in the past. this is to remind people to not to stay in past. people should be getting children ready for the future. children are the next generation.
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Jamiah Myers
10/28/2014 03:14:44 am
The quote is saying that you should try to make the young children stronger and greater. Instead,of trying to fix those that are older.Once you are an adult there is no turning back trying to fix your life. Work on the children,make them the best that they can be because they are the future generation. It is easier to build the younger generation, instead of fixing the older generation.
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Alysha Knox
10/28/2014 03:17:54 am
The quote means it's hard to break bad habits. It is better to start a child young learning the right things instead of trying as a grown person after the bad habits is installed in you. You cant fix something that was never broke. Atyoung ages children are more adaptive because their brains are developing. Our generation are the ones who are going be running this country in the future so might as well prepare them now.
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amaya willis
10/28/2014 03:18:05 am
This quote means that its easier to build a strong boy because the boy has not learned any bad influences yet so it is easier to teach that boy .That boy will learn the correct way to do thing at an early age so he wont be corrupted as he is growing up.It is harder to repair a broken man, because the have been in bad influences of the world. The grown man wont change if he doesnt want to. Thats why it is easier to build a young child than to repair a grown man.
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Daniela Polina
10/28/2014 03:19:46 am
Fredrick Douglass is saying in this quote that it is easy to build strong children because the children have learned, depending on their home environment, that it is the right thing to listen to adults. They trust adults, especially if it's their parents, to tell them right from wrong. I know for sure i take whatever advice i can from my parents and sister. As for building broken men/women it is harder because of the fact that you're an adult now and need to learn what to do, how to do it, basically make decisons.
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10/28/2014 03:25:19 am
I thinik what Douglass means is that if you have a child and you start to build him up to be a strong man when he grows up. Howerver, if you try to start trying to make a strong man of a weak one who is broken, it would be more difficult.
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Lia Pulliam
10/28/2014 03:25:48 am
I think this qoute means to raise boys right. Saying that it is easier to tell them right from wrong when they are small from when they are older and an adult. When he says that it is hard to repair a broken man i think he means once there grown they make there own choices. They really dont have to listen to you cause they have their on ways. You may be able to heal them but its going to take them to learn from their own experinces.
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Tahbia Skinner
10/28/2014 03:25:56 am
I totally agree with and understand what Fredrick Douglas is saying. He is saying that you should teach your kids now before it's too late. Don't let your child grow up a failure and learn the hard way. The longer your child grows up getting used to making bad decisions, the harder it would be to break their worst habits as they get grown into a man/woman.
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Carrington Moon
10/28/2014 03:31:39 am
I think that what Douglass means is that if you take a small child and start to build him up to be strong, he will most likely grow up to be a strong man. If a child learns somethin at a young age it will become a habit, good or bad. He is saying to build you child up and teach them to be a good person and teach them to succeed in life then that is what that child will most likely to. If someone who is a full grown adult has been taught to have a broken spirit then it will be hard and maybe even impossible to repair what has already been done. Teach you child to succeed is what Douglas is saying.
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Keyvon Huff
10/28/2014 03:32:47 am
I think the quote means that you need to bring your kids up the right way. If the kids are raised to know what is right and what is wrong there is less room for them to mess up throughout their lives. Men brought up doing the wrong things are harder to fix. He wants to tell us to do it the right way first. If not you have to fix it.
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kendall
10/28/2014 04:41:16 am
I Agree!
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kimberly
10/12/2016 07:42:59 pm
me too
Deja Gray
10/28/2014 04:39:39 am
I think that its true because children havent learned many things yet , so we can teach them well and strong. And broken men have already learned how to be unsuccessful so its harder to redirect them.
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kendall starks
10/28/2014 04:39:58 am
I think that this quote is saying that it is easier to buld strong children than to repair broken men because when you raise your child the right way they will always k now what you do and dont expect from them and when you lrt your child grow up any kind of way it will be harder as they become older to put them in their rightful place and help this because thye will always be set in there ways... however their ways may be .
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Deekayla Thomas
10/28/2014 04:41:33 am
I feel that this quote is about how you should raise a child.Why waste time raising a child that will turn into a broken man instead of building a strong child from the beginning?People that are "built" the wrong way are harder to fix as they get older.That is why you start raising children from the day they are born, not 15 years later.It is easier to make a difference on someone's life when they are young and impressionable.
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Jalen Dincol
10/28/2014 04:42:00 am
I think the qoute means kids shouldhave good guidance before they are older and are living on their own. A child that has strong charcteristics and a strong mind will survive in a world easier than a broken man. A boken man is aperson who at a young age was not taught what was right or wrong. They struggle in life and are dependent on their parents or friends to help them with situations. Only the strong willsurvive which doesn't include the weak minded.
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nile maynnard
10/28/2014 04:42:16 am
I think thats this piece is saying people count more on the younger generation to be successful. Ithink that the older generations are less successful than us. They believe the younger generations are the future.
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Binta Diallo
10/28/2014 04:42:49 am
This quote means that it is easier to build strong children from the beginning, than to try to repair a broken man that is to far out to reach. This true because if something is too broken to fix, you might as well start over with something new.
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Ruby Taylor
10/28/2014 04:42:54 am
This quote means that its easier to start with a clean page than one thats already messed up. If you teach a child the right things from the beginning, it'll be a habit to do the right thing. Once you're used to doing the wrong thing you'll keep doing the wrong thing. Children are also easier to teach because they dont know much. Men are harder to teach because they're so used to what they learned.
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Jhabre Cannon
10/28/2014 04:44:36 am
I think that this means it's easier to raise or build someone while they're young rather than old. I also agree with this quote.
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Daniel Thornton
10/28/2014 04:45:11 am
This quote means its better to learn while your early and do things the right way the first time. Its easier to raise someone the right way, then to wait until they are older and then try. This also means that when boys become men they alredy have a firm belief in how they live and whats right or wrong to them. When boys are younger they are learning the ways of becoming a man. This is a powerful quote to me.
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Sydney Tillman
10/28/2014 04:46:42 am
I think this quote means that it's easier to fix people who havent been exposed or experienced in life than, to fix men who have. Ithink this quote means to start off young people right so that wont need to be fixed. Young people can easly be taught and molded into something great. But the older a man with greatering opinions the more broken they become. Younger people can be fixed better if there not as broken as older people.
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Isaiah Adams
10/28/2014 04:46:51 am
This quote means that men who are corrupt are hard to purify and that they have no hope of being the same. It also means that we coan avoid this by rasing our children right and be a positive role model to the young. When you rasie a child the right way he could pass on this joyful feeling to others encouraging them to do better in life. Men how are broken however cannot be easily persuaded to commit such acts. The past cannot be rewritten with broken hearts, but the future can be made with righteous spirits.
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Genesis Ramos
10/28/2014 04:49:49 am
What the quote is trying to say is it is not as hard raising a boy to be good. then raising a man to be good. Only because once a man is already use to his customs of being the way he is it is harder to change. for young men it is easy to learn and pick up things. just like being a gentlemen or behaving well.
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Zaria Spears
10/28/2014 04:50:39 am
I feel as if this quote means it is better to learn things earlier than later.When you're older it can be harder to understand certain things or learn to do something different from how you have doing it all your life. With a young child, you can correct their mistakes and move on with life.
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Albert Campbell
10/28/2014 04:50:53 am
This quote conveys a message that you should never give up. As a child, you are constantly being provided the nessecary skills that make life easier. The time and memories that lead up to success are precious. They help build strong children. Those same memories make it difficult to repair a broken man.
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Tyrese (Green is powerful)
10/28/2014 04:51:50 am
The quote means it's easier to start anew than try to fix something already broken.
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Faniah Glenn
10/28/2014 04:52:09 am
This qoute means that it is easier to start new than to try to fix what has already been done. It is easier to create a masterpiece than try to fix what's destroyed. It means it's easiest to start fresh. Broken men can be difficult to work with. It's like trying to teach a fly. When a mistake is made it is easiest to simply start fresh. It's the best way to go. I feel that is what poem is saying.
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Xavier Burnam
10/28/2014 04:59:27 am
I think that this quote means that it is easier to create something new that fix something broken. What Frederick Douglass is saying is that you can raise a child to be great & successful, but its hard to fix a man that is broke down. As a child you can correct your mistakes & learn new things, but as a man you should be responsible.
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KIERA SO SMART KINSEY
10/28/2014 04:59:37 am
I think this quote is saying raise your kid right and that kid is going to grow up to be a good adult. This quote conveys how people raise their kids.I think people grow up the way they were taught. If people were taught good with love they are going to grow up and show love.This is what this quote means to me.
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Rayna Wynn
10/28/2014 05:00:50 am
This quote means that you should bring your children up right. It is saying that it is easier to start off with a good start than it is to try to start well later on in life. This quote is saying that it is easier to teach children the difference between right and wrong now than it will be for them to learn the difference between the two later. The quote is saying it is easier to learn thing early and do it right the first time than it is to try to fix the mistakes that you have made in the past and learn thing the hard way. The past can't be rewritten but it can be prevented.
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Michael Gibson
10/28/2014 05:01:59 am
I think the quote above means learn from your misdtakes as soon as possible. The consequenes in adulthood are a lot worse then the consequense in childhood. If u are a child with discipline, you will be an adult with disciplne.
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Coriana Middlebrooks
10/28/2014 05:03:39 am
This quote interprets that when a person is use to certain habits and someone comes along and try to break them from those habits its hard. On the other hand, when you can start from scratch and teach a person the right thing to do. It will not be as hard when they mess up to fix them. They would realize their mistakes before you do because they have been taught right from wrong.
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Moriya Jackson
10/28/2014 05:03:57 am
I think this qoute means that it is easier to put together something than to fix something. It means that it is much easier to start something new than fix something thats already torn. It is saying that if you learn as a young child you wont make the mistakes when you get older.This quote is saying it is easier to start off great than to try and fix it when something wrong is done. To me this qoute has more than one message.
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Omarion Bowles
10/28/2014 06:55:03 am
i think this is a powerful quoit to help children today and forever
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tamyah
10/28/2014 07:35:56 am
I think the quote is saying that it is easier to make children strong.It's harder to repair broken men because once they get to something it sometimes hard to stop them from what they are going to do. Children might listen to an adult,but men do what they think is right to themselves.Building a child is easier because they won't be as stubborn as men.If children were to do it right the first time,there wouldn't be any broken men that needed repairing.
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Kyle Arnold
10/28/2014 07:59:27 am
I think Fredrick Douglas is trying to say that it is easier to build up children because they learn what's right and what's wrong. But with adults I think that now they can change how they want to think that they will stick with what they believe in.
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hasjae wilson
10/28/2014 10:59:29 pm
I belive that the quote is saying that you can't build up a man because he always have his own ways of doing stuff. Meanwhile.. a child is still i nthe learning process.
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Isaiah Adams
12/1/2014 03:31:58 am
This video actually helps to clear up a lot of things and it shows that apparently we as people will never be united as a whole unless we are given something to unify us and that certain thing is death. Plus if you think about when Darren Wilson was in court not one time did he say that he wished that this never happened or that he feels sorry for the family. This goes to show that power is something that human kind cannot handle even if it were to be the purest soul on the Earth. Power is not a blessing but a curse we cannot overpower or control because it is not something to harness. Power controls us and molds us. Give somone the power of a gun eventually they'll shoot somebody.
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Kyle Arnold
12/4/2014 10:41:55 pm
My responce to the Mike Brown video is that I think that it isn't right to kill somebody just because they're doing something wrong. Mike Brown should've been at least arrested. This video tells us that there is another problem that blacks are facing now.
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Angela
12/4/2014 11:26:55 pm
The justice is very unfair! Yes, he did steal a drug store/ local store, but he clearly put his hands up to surrender. The police officer felt "threatened". The officer should go to jail, but he only got suspended. The court and police officer did wrong, they should pay!
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Tyler Lovelace
12/7/2014 10:11:42 pm
I believe this quote is trying to convey the message that if someone has been “broken” for all their life they are not easily changed because that is all they know. Rather, it is easier to build up something new that will be bigger and better in the future and in life.
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Kyra Bond
12/12/2014 02:47:38 am
This quote makes a lot of sense. It's very smart. I think people should use this quote in their everyday lives. Teachers could use this for inspiration. Overall, I think Frederick Douglass was thinking about the future when he said this.
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Precious A.
12/12/2014 02:53:50 am
He is saying it would be easier to teach a child the right way then truying to convince a adult something is corret. Adults have already learned everthing they thing is correct. Kids have an opened mind and listen to the new, right ways. He just saying "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" in his own words. I understand what he is saying and think the same thing. (=^-^=)
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Beverly A.
5/20/2016 10:54:07 pm
This quote from Frederick Douglas is prophetic. When you wound a child their lives are forever changed. When you don't teach a child their lives are forever changed, When you don't love a child their lives are forever changed. When a man has been wounded, he wounds. When a man hasn't been taught, he can't teach, When a man wasn't loved, he can't love. When a man was wounded, he choose not to wound. When a man wasn't taught, he chooses to teach. When a man wasn't loved, he chooses to love.
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kimberly amador
10/12/2016 07:45:10 pm
all of that is true
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eva pustelnikova
2/4/2017 09:44:06 am
people's minds are like computers (programmable) and we are also focusing mechanisms. Children are perfect, new computers with perfect processors and hard drives. With each year of a child's development, certain experiences ( programs) are added to the computer...you add great programs and service your computer with care and diligence, you can have a great machine for years to come....if in contrast you neglect the computer and it starts acting up, it's almost impossible to make it great again...is just better (at this point) to get a new computer....
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Stan
6/9/2017 04:47:12 pm
To me I hear the overhead title or a description being responsibility , both courses being a responsible path to mend or build what is not acceptable or to prevent further damages wherever they may land. A basis for society development or progression.
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DeVante Brookover
12/6/2017 05:15:11 pm
Frederick Douglas is implying that, children replicate or learn from their parents. It's easier to mold them on how to behave/act in society at a young age compared to an adult who has already decided to take his own path in life, but it is possible to repair someone who has been broken, just more difficult.
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2/5/2019 11:21:58 am
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” by tree i mean children
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4/3/2019 09:42:34 pm
This rings true to me personally. My dad is a working machine. 70 hours a week, 70 years old. Could’ve retired 20 years ago. Contractor. Unbelievably broken down. Clearly always in pain but he’d never admit it. I worked with my dad starting at about 10 years old. And I was broken down, bad back, hunched nerve damage... by the time I was 20. I have spent the better part of 10 years trying to work my body back into shape, but injuries linger and always will. So to me this means forget trying to build myself up to a strong capable man and have a son and hope he does things right and doesn’t inherit this awful problem of working his body to shit like my father and myself. Oh to have a young well body. I’m 35 now and I know I’ll never work out all my shit and my dad is basically a shell of his former self but he gave up trying to fix anything. So to me it means forget trying to fix myself and have a kid and hope they don’t make these same family mistakes.
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Marc
4/19/2020 03:09:29 am
Given that the author was born a slave, who escaped and made something of himself. He maybe even tried to convince others to do so. But their spirit was broken and accepted a life of slavery. It's better to harden your children for everything life throws at them and never stop fighting to achieve their goals in life.
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12/19/2020 05:32:01 am
Men and Women are different when it comes to Love, Empathy, endurance and Compassion. Break a mans heart and trust it won’t be easily repairable like a child would. A Broken man can’t feel Love.
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That is an incorrect statement. It's much more difficult to raise a strong minded child and a "broken" person can be healed. As it is done all the time and Mr Douglas did himself. Furthermore, I haven't found documentation that these are actually his words. From my searching, it's said that he spoke this to a group of slavers. This isn't a conversation about education with slavers, this is a call for better treatment of slaves. A broken slave will do better if you teach him or her as a child. Why would I say that? When we break our regression takes us back to childhood. Then again I could be way off the mark but this sounds more like something a white woman of the time would say, not a man in the service of slavery.
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