My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will in some way inspire cartwheels in their hearts.
Fred RogersRead
For a couple with young children, divorce seldom comes as a "solution" to stress, only as a way to end one form of pain and accept another.
Interpretation
Divorce may not solve stress for couples with young children; it often just replaces one type of pain with another.
In this quote, Fred Rogers highlights the complexity of divorce for couples with young children. He suggests that while couples might perceive divorce as a solution to their marital issues, it often merely transitions them to a new set of challenges and emotional pain, particularly concerning the well-being and stability of their children.
In practice
During a discussion about family dynamics in a seminar on parenting.
My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will in some way inspire cartwheels in their hearts.
Human beings need to feel that they are lovable and capable of loving.
Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a prerequisite of love. One of the most essential ways of saying 'I love you' is being a receptive listener.
I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.
One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.
Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
My people are still poor. They're still working class. All of the characters that I write about are inspired by the community that I'm from.
Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.
People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.
It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for it, and at the same time want to put it away from you and reclaim something of yourself.
Living under the perpetual and pervasive threat of racism seems, for black men and black women, to quite literally reduce lifespans.
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