If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships,… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Intimacy requires an ability to both merge and be separate, to come together and be apart, like oscillating on a giant swing from oneness… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Whether or not you have children yourself, you are a parent to the next generation. If we can only stop thinking of children as… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only way." You… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
The spiritual warrior hides from nothing. We jump into the fire, we dive into the ocean. We become the sea. — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
When we come to the end of our days, the little things will seem so unimportant compared to how well we've loved, laughed and… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
One of the important things to learn about parenting is that the more you worry about a child, the less the child will worry… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over, throw up for hours, and have little people pounding in your head with hammers, it is sheer bliss just to eat a piece of toast, walk outside without getting dizzy, and breathe fresh air. Part of the journey… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share
You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry them through. For example, if cooking together, reading, listening to music, coloring, participating in sports, or taking a walk in the woods are paired with pleasure and closeness, throughout life doing these things will kindle old feelings of… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share
One of my fondest memories from childhood is of looking at a globe with my father. "What's the biggest country?" he'd ask me and… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
My father once told me of a trick question he used in a college class on forest fire control. If there was a fire… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
It may comfort you to know that if your child reaches the age of eleven or twelve and you have a good bond or… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
The planet earth has a life span of eight billion years, give or take a few million. People have been around for approximately forty… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
