Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if they have any intention of leaving their side in their early years. . . . Children… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Life with a daughter of nine through twelve is a special experience for parents, particularly mothers. In a daughter's looks, actions, attitudes, passions, loves,… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
A child is nothing like a racing car. . . . Souping up babies doesn't work that way. The child is what she is.… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and reach approximately… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
You can read the best experts on child care. You can listen to those who have been there. You can take a whole childbirth… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society is a… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Fathers are still considered the most important "doers" in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as thefamily authorities… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Remember...that each child is a separate person, yours forever, but never fully yours. She can never be all you wished or wanted,or all you… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the one she… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Women's childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of age or status, women who seem clearest about their… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Fathers can seem powerful and overwhelming to their daughters. Let her see your soft side. Express your feelings and reactions. Tell her where you… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Life begins at six--at least in the minds of six-year-olds. . . . In kindergarten you are the baby. In first grade you put… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Parents' ability to survive a child's unabating needs, wants, and demands...varies enormously. Some people can give and give…Whether children are good or bad, brilliant… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
Adolescents may be, almost simultaneously, overconfident and riddled with fear. They are afraid of their overpowering feelings, oflosing control, of helplessness, of failure. Sometimes… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
