“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.” YearsParentListsParenthood Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.” ThinkingWayMeanIndividualParentAliveListening Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“As parents it is well to be aware of the tendency to equate energetic activity with contest. Our children's worth does not dependon their ability to trounce one another. And surely we can find ways of frolicking and being healthy and active together in some joyful, free way that is not an adversary relationship.” WayWellsChildrenDoeTogetherParentAbilityHealthyActivityOur ChildrenActiveTendenciesJoyfulContestsAdversariesSiblingEnergeticRivalrySibling Rivalry Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“Especially with our first child, we tend to take too much responsibility--both credit and blame--for everything. The more we wantto be good parents, the more we tend to see ourselves as making or breaking our children.” FirstsChildrenParentResponsibilityToo MuchOur ChildrenBlameCreditBe GoodGood Parent Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then they try to tell us how to fix the child, or else, after blaming the parent, they suggest how we can fix ourselves.” TryingChildrenBookIdeasProblemParentTroubleBlameProblem Solving Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent