Child Quotes by Daniel J. Siegel

8 Child quotes by Daniel J. Siegel

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Daniel J. Siegel’s thoughts on childhood are distilled into eight succinct statements. While compact, the collection offers a clear glimpse of his neurodevelopmental perspective on young minds.

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“The research is really clear on this point. Kids who achieve the best outcomes in life—emotionally, relationally, and even educationally—have parents who…

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“The best predictor of a child's security of attachment is not what happened to his parents as children, but rather how his…

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“parenting matters, even to the extent of influencing our inborn and genetically shaped temperament.”

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“Children are much more apt to share and talk while building something, playing cards, or riding in the car than when you…

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“Remember, there are plenty of ways to spoil children—by giving them too many things, by rescuing them from every challenge, by never…

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“parent who recognizes an upstairs tantrum is left with one clear response: never negotiate with a terrorist. An upstairs tantrum calls for…

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“A parent who recognizes an upstairs tantrum is left with one clear response: never negotiate with a terrorist. An upstairs tantrum calls…

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“As children develop, their brains "mirror" their parent's brain. In other words, the parent's own growth and development, or lack of those,…

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Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.

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...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will…

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Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own…

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“the “work” of adolescence—the testing of boundaries, the passion to explore what is unknown and exciting—can set the stage for the development of core…

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“Too often we forget that “discipline” really means “to teach”—not “to punish.”

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“The downstairs state of reactivity doesn’t know what to do with a lot of upstairs words. Often, in moments of reactivity, nonverbals (like hugs…

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“if we use how we were taught yesterday to teach our children today, we are not preparing them well for tomorrow.”

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The number of possible "on-off" patterns of neuronal firing is immense, estimated as a staggering ten times ten one million times (ten to the…

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Recent studies of mindfulness practices reveal that they can result in profound improvements in a range of physiological, mental, and interpersonal domains in our…

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