“We cannot spare our children the influence of harmful values by turning off the television any more than we can keep them home forever or revamp the world before they get there. Merely keeping them in the dark is no protection and, in fact, can make them vulnerable and immature.” WorldChildrenFactsHomeValuesDarkForeverInfluenceTelevisionOur ChildrenProtectionVulnerableSparesImmature Author:Polly Berrien Berends
“If we allow our one-and-a-half year old to "help" us fold laundry he will learn something about buttons, zippers, snaps, where things go, the physical properties of cloth, what happens when you drop it, how easy or hard it is to carry compared with everything else he has ever carried, what clean clothes smell like, how a big towel can turn into a small bundle, how the small bundle you just folded can turn into a big towel again, plus any songs we care to sing or stories or related or unrelated facts we care to pass on.” IfsYearsChildrenHardFactsHelpingStoriesBigsHappensCareSongTurnsEasyHalfClothesPropertyCleanSmellRelatedPlusButtonsFoldsSnapsLaundryBundlesTowelsZippersClean Clothes Author:Polly Berrien Berends
“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