Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and mysteriously contented, or the television parents, wisely and humorously solving problems, influence parents-to-be. — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
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 all seem to surprise their parents. It is difficult to let go of one's… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is wary, watchful,… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
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 behavior… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, of reliving childhood, of seeing… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
If you never allow your children to exceed what they can do, how are they ever going to manage adult life - where a… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
In a study that I just did, I found that it was older children, not younger children, who felt that they didn't have enough… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes seriousand studious… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be acting differently.… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
