“Learning doesn't take place in isolation from kids' feelings. Being emotionally literate is as important for learning as instruction in math and reading.”
Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“Boundaries are not what we tell kids not to do; boundaries are what we tell kids we will do. Boundaries embody your authority as a parent and don't require your child to do anything.”
Source: Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction
“Boundary construction is most evident in three-year-olds. By this time, they should have mastered the following tasks:
1. The ability to be emotionally attached to others, yet without giving up a sense of self and one‘s freedom to be apart,
2. The ability to say appropriate no's to others without fear of loss of love,
3. The ability to take appropriate no's from others without withdrawing emotionally.
Noting these tasks, a friend said half-joking, "They need to learn this by age three? How about by fourty-three?" Yes, these are tall orders but boundary development is essential in the early years of life.”
Source: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
“There was no need for a term like ‘magical thinking’ in the Golden Age of Man...there was only genuine everyday magic and mysticism. Children were not mocked or scolded in those days for singing to the rain or talking to the wind.”
Source: Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.”
Source: Night
“As children become increasingly less connected to adults, they rely more and more on each other; the whole natural order of things change. In the natural order of all mammalian cultures, animals or humans, the young stay under the wings of adults until they themselves reach adulthood. Immature creatures were never meant to bring one another to maturity. They were never meant to look to one another for primary nurturing, modelling, cue giving or mentoring. They are not equipped to give one another a sense of direction or values. As a result of today`s shift to this peer orientation, we are seeing the increasing immaturity, alienation, violence and precocious sexualization of North American Youth. The disruption of family life, rapid economic and social changes to human culture and relationships, and the erosion of stable communities are at the core of this shift.”
Source: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
“The combination of the Main brain with its central nervous system, and the ancient Animal Brain with its somatic, enteric nervous system in the inner body—in the gut—and the constant dialog between them provides a self-correcting feedback system, which regulates the behavioral qualities of the organism when consciously cultivated—preferably in early youth.”
Source: What's Behind Your Belly Button? A Psychological Perspective of the Intelligence of Human Nature and Gut Instinct
“There are many things we don’t understand, and many ways to unlock the brain and maximize function. Don’t ever let anybody tell you it can’t be done.”
Source: When Kids Fly: Solutions for Children with Sensory Integration Challenges
“I believe the only real limits in life, are the ones we put on ourselves and/or others….so I say forget the limits and “go for it.” You may be surprised at what is really possible!”
Source: When Kids Fly: Solutions for Children with Sensory Integration Challenges
“At the beginning of all growth, everything imitates. All of us, when we were children, also only imitated. But children grow up and begin their own development.”
Source: Bumi Manusia