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> [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 physical properties of cloth, what happens when you drop it, how easy or hard it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/if-we-allow-our-one-and-a-half-year-old-to-help-us-fold-laundry-he/)

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## More by 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, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/especially-with-our-first-child-we-tend-to-take-too-much/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/the-trouble-with-most-problem-solving-books-for-parents-is-that-they/)

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> [Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/parenthood-always-comes-as-a-shock-postpartum-blues-postpartum-panic/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/the-parent-is-the-strongest-statement-that-the-child-hears-regarding/)

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> [Suddenly we have a baby who poops and cries, and we are trying to calm, clean up, and pin things together all at once.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/suddenly-we-have-a-baby-who-poops-and-cries-and-we-are-trying-to-calm/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/a-sense-of-worthiness-is-a-child-s-most-important-need/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [“The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins learning. Falling is thus more an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/the-child-does-not-begin-to-fall-until-she-becomes-seriously/)

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> [The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/the-secret-is-to-learn-to-sit-at-the-feet-of-your-own-life-and-be/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 television or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/awareness-of-having-better-things-to-do-with-their-lives-is-the/)

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> [Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/most-of-us-would-do-more-for-our-babies-than-we-have-ever-been/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [“If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek—the finding part is up to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/if-your-children-see-that-you-are-seeking-they-will-seek-the-finding/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/my-list-of-things-i-never-pictured-myself-saying-when-i-pictured/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/whenever-the-child-is-given-the-notion-that-he-needs-to-be/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [We do not have to get our children to learn; only to allow and encourage them in their learning. We do not have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/we-do-not-have-to-get-our-children-to-learn-only-to-allow-and/)

[Polly Berrien Berends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polly-berrien-berends/)

> [The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins walking. Falling is thus more an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polly-berrien-berends/the-child-does-not-begin-to-fall-until-she-becomes-seriously-2/)

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