Child Quotes by Rachel Simmons

10 Child quotes by Rachel Simmons

Rachel Simmons brings a gentle clarity to the topic of kids, distilling complex ideas into bite‑size thoughts. These ten quotes give you a taste of her approach, useful when you’re looking for a succinct, compassionate take on childhood.

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It's not easy to let our kids be less than perfect.

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As parents, we must be mindful that our actions are matching our words.

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Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a…

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You can give them the opportunity to thrive, but when it comes to finding happiness or success, kids are really on their…

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“Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail…

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There's no question that aggression can be learned through modeling. When a child sees her parent behave in a particular way, she…

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At the end of the day, most parents have more in common with their teens than they realize. Let's retire the bootstrap…

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When your child believes you really respect what he's feeling, he'll be much more likely to trust you.

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If parents shield their children from real feelings, kids falsely imagine their parents are in constant control of themselves - and may…

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No matter how much you urge them to relax and how much you mean it, your child probably grapples with highly stressful…

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My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex or co-ed.

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