Empathy comes from being empathized with.

- Stanley Greenspan

Parents are led to believe that they must be consistent, that is, always respond to the same issue the same way. Consistency is good up to a point bu…

- Stanley Greenspan

Self-esteem is an inner feeling: Sometimes it corresponds with outer reality, and sometimes it doesn’t.

- Stanley Greenspan

If you do a little bit of looking at books with your children and inspire them to be curious about the pictures and ... what the word means, but don'…

- Stanley Greenspan

Imagine driving a car that isn't working well. When you step on the gas the car sometimes lurches forward and sometimes doesn't respond. When you blo…

- Stanley Greenspan

Learning first occurs as a part of emotional interactions; it involves the split-second initiatives that children take as they try to engage other pe…

- Stanley Greenspan

If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate…

- Stanley Greenspan

Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake of thinking a contrived, pretend dra…

- Stanley Greenspan

Attention, learning, and problem solving depend in part on the ability to plan and sequence actions and ideas. The Interactive Metronome(R) helps ind…

- Stanley Greenspan