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Children are like wet cement.
Whatever falls on them
makes an impression.
Haim Ginott
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Unfortunately, we're used to
thinking of childhood as a period of blindness
and inadequacy, not as the richest time of all. And yet, to
convince yourself
that it's so all you have to do is look carefully into the eyes of
a newborn baby. Try it if you get the chance; forget preconceptions and observe
the child closely. How do the eyes seem to you? Empty, unconscious? Or
ancient, distant, wise? Babies naturally know how to breathe deeply; it's we adults who
have lost this
ability. At the age of four or five I had as yet learned
nothing about God or
religion, nor about any of the fine messes people have made in
their name.
Susanna Tamaro
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Know ye
what it is to be a child? It is to have a spirit yet
streaming
from the
waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe
in
loveliness, to believe in belief.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Loving
children doesn't mean giving in to all their whims;
to love them is to
bring out the best in them,
to teach them to love what is difficult.
Nadia
Boulanger
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We must
trust that what we're doing has a purpose. We must realize
that we're not here to make kids conform
or perform, but that we're here to
help
them to develop
their own unique skills and talents, not the ones we
want
them to have or the ones we think they should have.
tom
walsh
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There are two great injustices
that can befall children.
One is to punish them for something they
didn't do.
The other is to let them get away with doing something they
know is wrong.
Robert Gardner
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Pay
attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.
Socrates
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Genius
is childhood recaptured.
Charles
Baudelaire
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Every
adult needs a child to teach; it's the way adults learn.
Frank A. Clark |
Children
are likely to live up
to what you believe of them.
Lady
Bird Johnson
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We have to get
children to understand
that not
only do they
have this
incredible uniqueness,
but they also
have something
that sometimes
we forget about. They are also
potentiality. They are much more
undiscovered than they
are discovered. And there's the wonder of it.
It
doesn't matter where they are,
they're
only just
beginning and
the big magical
trip of life is
digging it all out
and discovering
the wonderful you.
Leo
Buscaglia
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I
have found that the best way to give advice to your children
is to find
out what they want, and then advise them to do it.
Harry
S. Truman
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I've
come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element
in the classroom. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a
teacher, I possess
a tremendous power
to make a child's life miserable
or joyous. I can be a tool
of torture or an instrument of
inspiration. I can
humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all
situations, it is my response that
decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated
and a
child humanized or de-humanized.
Haim Ginott |
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We worry about what a child will become tomorrow,
yet we forget that that child is someone today.
Stacia Tauscher |
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Children
need love, especially when
they do not deserve it.
Harold Hulbert |
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A
child can ask questions that a wise
person cannot answer.
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If you haven't time to
respond to a tug at your
pants leg, your schedule is too crowded.
Robert Brault |
Do not confine your children
to your own learning,
for they were born in another time.
Hebrew proverb |
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The
best inheritance one can give to one's children is
a few
minutes of one's time each day.
O. A. Battista |
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Good
parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know
where
home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.
Jonas Salk |
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All children need
to know they are loved and protected. It's not
easy being a child. Their small size and limited means make
them
dependent and vulnerable. We must all lend a hand in
creating a
safe environment for them. I accept my responsibilities
towards my own and other people's children.
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Giving kids clothes and food
is one of thing, but it's much more important to
teach them that other people besides themselves are important and
that the best
thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service
of other people.
Dolores Huerta |
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If there is anything that we wish to change in
the child, we should first examine it
and see whether it is not something that could better be changed
in ourselves.
Carl Jung |
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A
low self-love in the parent desires that his or her child should
repeat
his or her character and fortune. I suffer whenever I see
that common
sight of a parent or senior imposing his or her opinion and way of
thinking and being on a young soul to which he or she is totally
unfit.
Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own
way?
You are trying to make another you. One's enough.
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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To
believe in a child is to believe in the future. Through their
aspirations
they will save the world. With their combined knowledge the
turbulent
seas of hate and injustice will be calmed. They will champion the
causes
of life's underdogs, forging a society without class
discrimination. They
will supply humanity with music and beauty as it has never known.
They
will endure. Towards these ends I pledge my life's work. I will
supply the
children with tools and knowledge to overcome the obstacles. I
will pass
on the wisdom of my years and temper it with patience. I shall
impact in
each child the desire to fulfill his or her dream. I shall teach.
Henry James |
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By teaching
our children to stay in line we create well-behaved
followers. While this may make parenting a bit
easier, it has
enormous costs later in life. These same children grow up to
be
unhappy adults who desperately want to lead their own
lives,
yet lack the necessary skills to do so.
Cheryl Richardson
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Children
don't just come to us; they come for us. They come into our
lives and show us where our capacity to love can still use improvement.
They shine a spotlight on our wounds and force us to deal with them.
They minister to our souls' growth and our personal growth even if we
don't
like it. The alternative is to pass on the dis-ease, to leave them
an
inheritance that they'll have to sort out and try not to hand to the
next
generation. We have to let these small ministers do their very big
work.
Laura
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One of the
hard things about being a parent is understanding why
children misbehave. If we know why, we can
discipline more successfully.
Here are some of the possibilities.
First of all, attention. Whether it's
positive or negative, children want to make sure that we
notice them. Sibling rivalry is an example.
They will fight with each other just to get our
attention. Make sure that you're not becoming a
cheerleader for opposing teams.
Another possibility is power. All
children want power, whether they are four or
fourteen. But they really don't want to be in
control of the house and family. Watch out for power
struggles and refuse to participate.
Revenge. Children are very
sensitive about justice and fairness. If they think
you have been unfair, they may misbehave just to get
even. Discipline, but don't retaliate, or you'll be
setting a model for revenge.
Feelings of inadequacy may be the most
important reasons for trouble. Children who don't
think they are worthwhile may either stop trying or rebel
out of fear or anger.
See if you can figure out why your children
are misbehaving. It will be much easier to respond
in a way that helps, and doesn't hurt.
Jennifer
James
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For children mastery entails
struggle. This means they must be permitted to
struggle. If parents inappropriately step in to
"help"--out of impatience or
solicitude--they sabotage important learning. Among other
things, the child
is unlikely to discover the advantages of perseverance and
self-discipline.
Nathaniel
Branden
Self-Esteem
Every Day |
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If
you are trying to appear calm and collected on the outside when
actually
you are feeling upset and angry, your children may mirror this to
you by
becoming wild and disruptive. While you are trying to
maintain control, they
pick up the chaotic energy inside of you and reflect it in their
behavior. If
you express directly what you are feeling, without trying to cover
it up, they
will usually calm down. They feel comfortable with the
truth, the congruity
between your feelings and your words. This is true of other
relationships as well.
Shakti Gawain
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It seems the songs
of our children may be in keys we've never tried.
The melody of each generation emerges from all that's gone before.
Fred Rogers
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