“Empowerment is a thing that you earn over time - as you overcome obstacles, learn, and accomplish things, you become empowered. Empowerment is not a thing that you are born with and that the parent's job is to get out of the way of. Empowerment is a thing that you earn. And some of that is that you become empowered by knowing that you were disempowered or by knowing that there were tremendous limits on what you were able to do, as a young person.” WayPersonsAbleJobsYoungParentBornKnowingLimitsEmpowermentOvercomingObstaclesAccomplishEmpowered Author:John Roderick
“I think people were genuinely addicted to hip hop in the 90s, addicted to the idea of empowerment. I think it came from [the fact that] the rappers in the 90s, their parents coming from the 70s, had such a rich variety of records to sample.” PeopleThinkingIdeasFactsParentRichRecordsEmpowermentHip HopVarietyHipsHopsRapperSample Author:M.I.A.
“My parents have worked their asses off their whole entire lives, they still do, and I never felt like anything would be handed to me. I never felt sorry for myself. I felt like, "Wow, this is incredible. I'm able to do this for myself." I think once you have that sense of empowerment at a young age and you allow your children to have that empowerment, it will fuel them for a lifetime.” ThinkingChildrenStillsWholeWould BeAgeAbleYoungFeltParentEmpowermentOur ChildrenLifetimeSorryIncrediblesAssYour ChildrenFuelWowYoung Age Author:Michelle Monaghan
“Some husbands think, "This is my wife," or a parent thinks "This is my child." From a spiritual perspective, this is a misconception. The higher truth is: "This wife is God's beloved daughter, entrusted in my care. And the way I serve God is by giving her respect, protection, appreciation and empowerment. This is what God wants me to give his child."” ThinkingGivingChildrenCareSpiritualParentWifePerspectiveTruth IsHusbandDaughterEmpowermentAppreciationMy WifeProtectionMy ChildrenBelovedWant MeServing GodMisconception Author:Radhanath Swami
“In the New World, you'll kick your own ass and I'll wash my own brain. I'll be my own parents and you'll be you own wife. And vise versa. That'll be normal in the New World - different from the Old World, where everyone except me is to blame for my ignorance and you call on everyone except yourself to give you what you need. I'll push my own buttons and right my own wrongs. You'll wake yourself up and sing your won songs.” WorldNeedsGivingDifferentSongParentMy OwnBrainWifeIgnoranceNormalEmpowermentBlameAssKicksNew WorldBe YouButtonsOld World Author:Rob Brezsny
“Every time you give a parent a sense of success or of empowerment, you're offering it to the baby indirectly. Because every time a parent looks at that baby and says 'Oh, you're so wonderful,' that baby just bursts with feeling good about themselves.” GivingLooksFeelingsParentWonderfulBabyEmpowermentFeel GoodOffering Author:T. Berry Brazelton