Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
When we leave our child in nursery school for the first time, it won't be just our child's feelings about separation that… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
For a couple with young children, divorce seldom comes as a "solution" to stress, only as a way to end one form… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
You know you don't have to be an actor when you read a book to a child. All you need is to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
When I first saw children's television, I thought it was perfectly horrible. And I thought there was some way of using this… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I think people who produce and perform on programs for children should have as a prerequisite some sort of course to understand… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I don't believe that children can develop in a healthy way unless they feel that they have value apart from anything they… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
We've forgotten what it's like not to be able to reach the light switch. We've forgotten a lot of the monsters that… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people's hair, or dream up stories and… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
One way to think about play, is as the process of finding new combinations for known things--combinations that may yield new formsof… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The world is not always a kind place. That's something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not,… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on them. They… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The underlying message of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it's possible that you'll care about others. 'You are special, and… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
