“Never miss an opportunity to allow a child to do something she can and wants to on her own. Sometimes we're in too much of a rush--and she might spill something, or do it wrong. But whenever possible she needs to learn, error by error, lesson by lesson, to do better. And the more she is able to learn by herself the more she gets the message that she's a kid who can.” WantNeedsChildrenSometimesMightKidsAbleOpportunityToo MuchMissingLessonsMessagesErrorsSpills Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“Once we begin to appreciate that the apparent destructiveness of the toddler in taking apart a flower or knocking down sand castles is in fact a constructive effort to understand unity, we are able to revise our view of the situation, moving from reprimand and prohibition to the intelligent channeling of his efforts and the fostering of discovery.” FactsAbleMovingViewsEffortSituationFlowerDisciplineDiscoveryAppreciateIntelligentUnitySandCastlesConstructiveProhibitionKnockingChannelingToddlerFosteringDestructivenessSand Castle Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent