The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then they try to tell us how to fix the child, or else, after blaming the parent, they suggest how we can fix ourselves.
We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment to us, as we are for him. - Polly Berrien Berends
We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment to us, as we are for him.
- Polly Berrien Berends
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… - Polly Berrien Berends
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…
The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving. - Polly Berrien Berends
The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.
A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need. - Polly Berrien Berends
A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.
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… - Polly Berrien Berends
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…
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… - Polly Berrien Berends
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…
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… - Polly Berrien Berends
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…
Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values--whether presented on televisi… - Polly Berrien Berends
Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values--whether presented on televisi…
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, … - Polly Berrien Berends
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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