Adults Quote by Alice Miller

“If, for example, it is the weak, defenceless, vulnerable part of the self which cannot be tolerated, than this will tend to be split…

— Ved P. Varma

The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.

— Madeleine L'Engle

The idea of painless, nonthreatening coercion is an illusion. Fear is the inseparable companion of coercion, and its inescapable consequence. If you think it…

— John Holt

“Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;...As obedient children, do not conform to the”

— Beth Moore

“We learn to restrain ourselves as we get older. We keep apart when we have quarrelled, express ourselves in well-bred phrases, and in this…

— George Eliot

“My belief is that the time has come for us to take the injuries of childhood and their consequences seriously. We must free ourselves…

— Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child

“Parents can raise children who are responsible, self-disciplined, and cooperative without relying on the weapon of fear; they can learn how to influence children…

— Thomas Gordon

When we use punishment, our children are robbed of the opportunity to develop their own inner discipline-the ability to act with integrity, wisdom, compassion,…

— Barbara Coloroso

“and self-responsibility can only occur where the child is surrounded with moral behavior and allowed to grow her own understanding of the ideals of…

— Kelly Bryson

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

What one tries to force into a child against its own nature will never come to good.

— Rebecca Goldstein

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.

— Thomas Szasz