“Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and self reliance.” NeedsSelfCultureParentTeachingSecurityExpectationsEncouragementClarityBalancedSelf RelianceRelianceEducatorPlayfulness Book:Wise Up Source: Wise Up
“The general notions about human understanding...which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture, they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.” HumansCultureUnderstandingDiscoveryEncouragementNotionPhysicsBuddhistUnfamiliarRefinementUnheardOld Wisdom Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Fathers are still considered the most important "doers" in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as thefamily authorities on careers, and so fathers' encouragement and counsel is important to them. When fathers don't take their daughters' achievements and plans seriously, girls sometimes have trouble taking themselves seriously.” StillsImportantSometimesCultureGirlFatherCareersPlansTroubleAuthorityAchievementDaughterEncouragementDoersThat Girl Book:Daughters: from infancy to independence Source: Daughters: from infancy to independence
“Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture.” MayChildrenRealSelfCultureAcceptingSelf EsteemIdentityEgoAchievementGainsEmptyEncouragementPraiseEsteemRecognitionAccomplishmentConsistentArtificialSomething BetterFooledCondescendingReal Strength Book:Identity and the Life Cycle Source: Identity and the Life Cycle
“If our entertainment culture seems debased and unsatisfying, the hope is that our children will create something of greater worth.But it is as if we expect them to create out of nothing, like God, for the encouragement of creativity is in the popular mind, opposed to instruction. There is little sense that creativity must grow out of tradition, even when it is critical of that tradition, and children are scarcely being given the materials on which their creativity could work” IfsMindChildrenLittlesSeemsCultureGivenGrowsCreativityGreaterMaterialsTraditionEncouragementOur ChildrenEntertainmentCriticalInstruction Author:C. Sommerville
“There is a middle path between indulgence and suppression, but the culture has overwhelmed that in the cacophony that has been created in the modern world and the commercial encouragement of avoidance and indulgence on the one hand, or suppression and "just do it," treating yourself as an object on the other. We've got to find a way that's more compassionate, softer, that allows us to move forward towards the kind of lives that we really want to live.” WorldKindMovingCulturePathModernEncouragementMoving ForwardCompassionateOverwhelmedIndulgenceJust Do ItAvoidance Author:Steven C. Hayes
“Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.” KindChildrenMadeCultureCoursesBehaviorEncouragementVariousObservationImitationSuggestions Author:Gary Gygax