“Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing." We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter.” IfsGivingSaidMatterEasyParentSupportStageBlessingIllegalAdolescenceImmoralNegotiating Author:Virginia Satir
“My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsHumansEndsSelfDreamHuman BeingsTechnologySelf EsteemAdultsSightBusyEsteemHigh Self Esteem Author:Virginia Satir
“I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.” IfsWantI CanHelpingLove YouJudgingAppreciateBlameGuiltCriticizeInvitesInsultingInvadingAppreciate YouI Want To Love You Book:Making Contact Source: Making Contact
“I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayDoeMatterWould BeDiesOne ThingInfluenceEventsMessagesDirectDetermineBefore I DiePersonal Matter Author:Virginia Satir
