“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
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” IfsWantChildrenKidsParentNiceSelf EsteemParentingMy ChildrenYour ChildrenRaising ChildrenNice ThingsChildren And ParentsChildren LearningRaising KidsParent ChildParents And TeachersSpoiled ChildrenWise ParentsParents HomeYoung ParentsOverhearing Author:Haim Ginott
“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