We cannot spare our children the influence of harmful values by turning off the television any more than we can keep them home forever or revamp the world before they get there. Merely keeping them in the dark is no… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share Image
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… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
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… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
Suddenly we have a baby who poops and cries, and we are trying to calm, clean up, and pin things together all at once.… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
“The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins learning. Falling is thus more an… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
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… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves. — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
“If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek—the finding part is up to God.” — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years. — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt. — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
We do not have to get our children to learn; only to allow and encourage them in their learning. We do not have to… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
The child does not begin to fall until she becomes seriously interested in walking, until she actually begins walking. Falling is thus more an… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share
