The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes… — 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
