The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes seriousand studious at six …

- Ellen Galinsky

In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding c…

- Ellen Galinsky

It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away your sense of control …

- Ellen Galinsky

Understanding child development takes the emphasis away from the child's character--looking at the child as good or bad. The emphasis is put on behav…

- Ellen Galinsky

There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is wary, watchful, and takes a lo…

- Ellen Galinsky

Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, …

- Ellen Galinsky

Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be acting differently. Sometimes th…

- Ellen Galinsky

If you never allow your children to exceed what they can do, how are they ever going to manage adult life - where a lot of it is managing more than y…

- Ellen Galinsky

Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking b…

- Ellen Galinsky