Home / Quotes / Quote by Fred Rogers

Quote by Fred Rogers

“Very early in our children's lives we will be forced to realize that the "perfect" untroubled life we'd like for them is just a fantasy. In daily living, tears and fights and doing things we don't want to do are all part of our human ways of developing into adults.”

Quote by Fred Rogers

Author

Fred Rogers, born on March 20, 1928, was an esteemed American educator. He is best known for his contributions to children's television, most notably as the host of the popular children's show 'Sesame Street'. Rogers was respected for his warm and approachable image and his deep understanding of children's mental health. more

You May Also Like

“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways thatgive their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents' love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We're afraid we'll lose the love of our children when we don't let them have their way.”

Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor

“It is our continuing love for our children that makes us want them to become all they can be, and their continuing love for us that helps them accept healthy discipline--from us and eventually from themselves.”

Want Children Helping Accepting Discipline Healthy Our Children Continuing Love Our Children

Author:Fred Rogers

“And those handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value! The value is that the child put whatever he or she could into making them. The way we parents respond to the giving of such gifts is very important. To the child the gift is really self, and they want so much for their selves to be acceptable, to be loved.”

Way Want Giving Children Important Self Home School Values Parent Acceptable Handmade

Author:Fred Rogers

“The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a small, safe place (an apartment? a room? a lap?) in which, in the companionship of a loving person, that child could discover that he or she was lovable and capable of loving in return. If a child finds this during the first years of life, he or she can grow up to be a competent, healthy person.”

Source: Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers

“It is one of the paradoxes of parenting, and often a painful paradox, that even as our children need us for love and trust, they also need us for honest differing. It's not only over limits and rules...[but also] about what we represent in the way of culture, traditions, and values. We owe it to our children to let them know what we believe, and if they differ with us, we owe it to them to be honest adversaries, for it is through this honest confrontation that children can grow into adults who have a firm sense of their place in the sequence of the generations.”

“And you poor creatures--who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?”

God Shows Poor Creatures Show Business Clay

Author:John Boorman

“Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don't believe in gravity.”

Believe Use Science Belief Don't Believe Seats Gravity Belts Seat Belts

Author:John Guare

“I only do business with the people I do business with. The people I do business with find out I do business with the people I don't do business with.... I can't do business with you.”

People I Can Business Crime

Author:John Guare

“The Atlantic Ocean was something then.”

Ocean Nostalgia Atlantic Ocean

Author:John Guare

“Effective organizations put people in jobs in which they can do the most good. They place people -- and allow people to place themselves -- according to their strengths.”

People Jobs Can Do Organization

Author:Peter Drucker