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“If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are--and that's probably what they will become.”

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Louise Hart, born in 1911, was an outstanding author whose works spanned various literary genres. She is renowned for her profound insights and unique narrative style. more

“In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experiences and ideas (and they themselves) have worth. They are encouraged to think for themselves, express opinions, and make decisions for themselves. Parents supporting them in standing on their own two feet and doing what they think is right. Trusting and gaining confidence in themselves, they develop an inner locus of control.”

Thinking Children Two Important Ideas Parent Decision Opinion Feet Healthy Standing Independence Gaining Confidence Healthy Family

Book:On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

Source: On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

“Before I had my first child, I never really looked forward in anticipation to the future. As I watched my son grow and learn, I began to imagine the world this generation of children would live in. I thought of the children they would have, and of their children. I felt connected to life both before my time and beyond it. Children are our link to future generations that we will never see.”

World Firsts Children Grows Felt Imagine Generations Son Connected My Time My Son Links Parenthood Anticipation Future Generation This Generation

Author:Louise Hart

“We all enter the world with fairly simple needs: to be protected, to be nurtured, to be loved unconditionally, and to belong.”

World Needs Simple Protected

Book:On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

Source: On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

“Conditional love is love that is turned off and on....Some parents only show their love after a child has done something that pleases them. "I love you, honey, for cleaning your room!" Children who think they need to earn love become people pleasers, or perfectionists. Those who are raised on conditional love never really feel loved.”

People Thinking Needs Feels Children Done Shows Parent Love Is Rooms Love You Please Raised Honey Cleaning Perfectionist Your Room Turned Off Conditional Pleasers Conditional Love

Author:Louise Hart

“Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power.”

Ifs Giving Children Self Helping Individual Process Self Esteem Healthy Empowerment Increase Responsible Our Children Raises Esteem Be Confident Personal Power Self Reliant

Author:Louise Hart

“The demons aren't the noise. They are our aversion to the noise...when you can accept discomfort, doing so allows a balance of mind. That surrender, that letting go of wanting anything to be other than it is right in the moment, is what frees us from hell.”

Mind Moments Accepting Hell Balance Letting Go Surrender Noise Demon Discomfort Aversion

Author:Stephen Levine

“Meditation isn't to disappear into the light. Meditation is to see all of what we are.”

Light Meditation Disappear

Book:A Gradual Awakening

Source: A Gradual Awakening

“Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the president of your senior class, Phi Beta Kappa, or a political activist doesn't mean that your teenager will be or should be the same....Likewise, the fact that you were a wallflower, uncoordinated, and a C student shouldn't mean that you push your child to be everything you were not.”

Source: You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

“Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of treating their adolescent child like a nonperson. . . . Adolescents deserve the same civility their parents routinely extend to total strangers.”

Thinking Children Dream Parent Adults Deserve Stranger Bullying Adolescence Civility Humiliating Belittle

Book:You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

Source: You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

“At a stage when young people want more than anything to be like everyone else, they find themselves the least alike. Everyone their age is growing and changing, but each at his or her own pace.”

People Want Age Young Growing Stage Pace Adolescence

Book:You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

Source: You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

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