“The components of innocence - security, a sense of wonder, and optimism- are not just throwaway by-products of the ignorance of youth.” — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“The components of innocence - security, a sense of wonder, and optimism- are not just throwaway by-products of the ignorance of youth.” — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“Our own sense of imperfection and insecurity shouldn't prevent a conscientious effort to nourish a sense of security in our kids.” — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“Childhood is perhaps the only phase of life when innocence can flourish. But to allow this, parents and others responsible for children's minds needs to construct a protective shelter against the painful and frightening facets of life. They need to stand guard at its door, to let the harsher truths of reality gradually unfold for the child, in a way… — Diane Medved Copy Share
“Kids need quantity time: the myth that a small amount of focused attention is just as good simply because it's labeled quality is merely… — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“A child with minimal video and TV exposure... might be more naive about social ills but at the same time more sophisticated in inner… — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“Parents who daily read Robert Lewis Stevenson to their children and surrounds them with blocks, plastic animals, and some cardboard boxes or kitchen pots… — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
“It's not that parents love their children less than in generations past. It's that they no longer receive consistent societal support for the belief… — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
