Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Once we begin to appreciate that the apparent destructiveness of the toddler in taking apart a flower or knocking down sand castles is in fact a constructive effort to understand unity, we are able to revise our view of the situation, moving from reprimand and prohibition to the intelligent channeling of his efforts and the fostering of discovery.

Polly Berrien Berends's Popular Quotes

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

- Polly Berrien Berends

We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment to us, as we are for him.

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Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over o…

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If we allow our one-and-a-half year old to "help" us fold laundry he will learn something about buttons, zippers, snaps, where things go, the physica…

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More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening…

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A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. If you're always sho…

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Especially with our first child, we tend to take too much responsibility--both credit and blame--for everything. The more we wantto be good parents, …

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The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.

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Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values--whether presented on televisi…

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