“Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.” WorldFirstsChildrenBookPlayKidsNiceOur ChildrenYour ChildrenKindergarten Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should impress this fact on your children because I think young people have an awful feeling that life is slipping past them & they must do something - catch something - they don't quite know what, whereas they've only got to wait & it all comes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLifeShouldChildrenFactsFeelingsPastYoungLife IsWaitingNiceOur ChildrenAwfulYour ChildrenUnexpectedImpressSlipping Book:Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford Source: Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford
“People think motherhood involves a lot of domestic labor, and it doesn't. It involves being nice to your children as often as possible. That's part of my trick. I don't have that anxiety about meeting their needs.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenNiceAnxietyLaborOur ChildrenMeetingsMotherhoodTricksYour ChildrenBeing Nice Author:Anne Enright
“We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait. People seeking to control others almost always present the image of a nice person in the beginning.” PeopleInspirationalChildrenPersonsDoeCharacterSocialDecisionTeachLearningNiceEqualGoodnessOur ChildrenStrategySeekingMy ChildrenInteractionTraitsTeaching ChildrenNice PeopleFirst ImpressionSocial InteractionNicenessNice PersonInteracting With OthersCharacter TraitControl Someone Book:The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence
“Those traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors. We have to know that they exist and we have to take care of those traumas and learn to heal from them. This movie shows that perspective from Scott's character, and I love it. It shows the American Indians as the ones who respect and help out when people are needed. It's a nice little twist.” PeopleKnowsChildrenLittlesCharacterHelpingShowsCarePastNiceGenerationsPerspectiveNeededBehaviorOur ChildrenHistoricalTraumaTake CareHealOur FutureGrandchildrenTwistsAmerican IndianPast Generations Author:Adam Beach