“What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?” WantChildrenHealthyOur ChildrenHappy LifeGrandchildrenChildren And GrandchildrenHealthy And Happy Author:David Suzuki
“It is with great regret that my marriage to Grant is ending after more than six years. He is a special man and we have two amazing children together Ruby, 5, and son Rocco, 3. This was a mutual decision that was not taken lightly and we are committed to our children and will work together to ensure their happy and healthy upbringing.” MenYearsChildrenTwoTogetherDecisionTakenSpecialSonRegretHealthySixOur ChildrenCommittedWorking TogetherMutualGrantsUpbringingRubiesSpecial Man Author:Jillian Barberie
“I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.” WayFeelsChildrenMadeHardWishParentHealthyWeightOur ChildrenYour ChildrenPoundsLinkedHealthy Weight Author:Arabella Weir
“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.” WayMayChildrenLongSometimesDesireMotivationParentLosesLove IsPleasurePowerfulDisciplineHealthyLimitsLosingRootsOur ChildrenSettingSettingsBehaveLong AgoMaintainingUneasyParents LoveDispleasure Book:You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor 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.” WantChildrenHelpingAcceptingDisciplineHealthyOur ChildrenContinuingLove Our Children Author:Fred Rogers
“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.” IfsGivingChildrenSelfHelpingIndividualProcessSelf EsteemHealthyEmpowermentIncreaseResponsibleOur ChildrenRaisesEsteemBe ConfidentPersonal PowerSelf Reliant Author:Louise Hart
“If your child is going to develop a healthy personality with the capacity to remain intact and grow, she must learn how to test reality, regulate her impulses, stabilize her moods, integrate her feelings and actions, focus her concentration and plan.” IfsChildrenFeelingsRealityActionGrowsFocusPlansPersonalityHealthyCapacityTestsOur ChildrenMoodImpulseYour ChildrenConcentrationIntegrating Author:Stanley Greenspan
“As parents it is well to be aware of the tendency to equate energetic activity with contest. Our children's worth does not dependon their ability to trounce one another. And surely we can find ways of frolicking and being healthy and active together in some joyful, free way that is not an adversary relationship.” WayWellsChildrenDoeTogetherParentAbilityHealthyActivityOur ChildrenActiveTendenciesJoyfulContestsAdversariesSiblingEnergeticRivalrySibling Rivalry Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“So, what we do in Love Dare for Parents is walk through the principles that help you win the hearts of your children and find that balance as a parent. As we all know, parenting can be wonderful and exasperating at times. So, we walk through the principles of demonstrating love to your kids in the most appropriate and healthy ways. We learned a great deal doing it and we believe the readers will too.” KnowsWayBelieveHeartChildrenHelpingKidsWinningParentWalksDealsPrinciplesWonderfulReaderBalanceHealthyOur ChildrenDareYour ChildrenAppropriateDemonstratingLove Dare Author:Alex Kendrick
“In America now there is this phenomenon called helicopter parenting, where you're hovering over your child for the whole time. Parents there view their job as being to make sure their kid never has a moment of unhappiness. Of course, as a parent myself, I can understand the urge, but I don't know whether it would be healthy or possible.” KnowsChildrenI CanWholeMomentsWould BeKidsJobsAmericaCoursesParentViewsHealthyOur ChildrenYour ChildrenUrgesOver YouUnhappinessPhenomenonHelicoptersHovering Author:Daniel Handler
“We [me and my husband] both had our things. Seth was the artist, I was the singer. We were like "You do your thing, I'll do my thing and never the two shall meet." I think we had a healthy competition going through our childhood. But I sort of left the funny stuff to him, I said "You're the comedian, you're the jokester, you do that I'll be the more serious one." You need that kind of balance in the family.” ThinkingNeedsKindSaidTwoArtistLeftStuffChildhoodSeriousLike YouBalanceHealthyHusbandOur ChildrenCompetitionSingersComedianMy HusbandFunny StuffHealthy Competition Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“When you say No, you also become a role model of healthy boundaries for others (especially your children).” ChildrenRolesHealthyModelsOur ChildrenBoundariesYour ChildrenRole ModelsHealthy Boundaries Author:Doreen Virtue
“I don't understand why we have laws that prevent someone from walking a school campus and selling alcohol or drugs but somehow can't feed our children who attend those schools a healthy balanced diet, which I think is a lot worse. It's offensive and I think anyone who isn't offended by it is an idiot.” ThinkingChildrenSchoolWalkingHealthyDrugOur ChildrenAlcoholSellingIdiotOffensiveOffended Author:Andrew Zimmern
“There are still many women - and their spouses and children - who view a reflected self - I'm Mrs. Smith, not Mary Smith - as psychologically healthy. Those people are not motivated to change. But it is really dangerous to live through others'. What ever your circumstances, it is not a good idea to be wholly dependent on responses from others to like, respect or love yourself. Your children will grow up and start their own families; the divorce rate has remained at 50 percent for decades.” PeopleChildrenGrowing UpLove YouDangerousCircumstancesHealthyOur ChildrenResponseRateDivorceYour ChildrenMotivatedLove YourselfSpouse Author:Judith M Bardwick
“In my own life, there's no amount of success or money that's more important than your child being healthy and happy. There's nothing that can put a band-aid on that. There's nothing more valuable, to me, than your child.” ChildrenImportantHealthyOur ChildrenValuableYour Children Author:Paula Patton
“If you're normal, if you're healthy, you look at your children and you see your image, and you want the best for them. And you applaud when they take their first steps. And you are their biggest fan when they first sing in church. And, you know, that's a normal healthy person, father, parent, I believe. Well, multiply that by infinity and that's how God sees you. So I say that's pretty "nice."” BelieveChildrenFatherI BelieveParentChurchNiceHealthyOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Mark Lowry
“Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make certain it provides the best information possible to help people stay healthy.” PeopleShouldChildrenHelpingGovernmentCertainResponsibilityRolesInformationHealthyOur ChildrenDietsPersonal Responsibility Author:Jim Talent