Ambivalent Quote by Anna Freud

When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves…

— Haim Ginott

The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her,…

— Alice Miller

A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much.

— Louis C. K

“These people have all developed the art of not experiencing feelings, for a child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there…

— Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

— Brene Brown

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.

— Emma Donoghue

A mother never fails to raise her child full with motherly love. One can never understand a true mother's feelings until one becomes parents.

— Nm6

Sometimes when you watch children, you feel that they show emotions that you, as an adult, can relate to.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

“Many families actively discourage the expression of tough emotions like fear and anger. Happiness and tranquility, meanwhile, make it to the top of the…

— John Medina

“Whatever emotional state you’re in while you’re parenting conveys more to your child than the content of what you're doing with them, no matter…

— Michael Y. Simon

“Some children perceive their parents as inconsistently available. It could be because the parents are unavoidably focused on pressing life situations or on their…

— Leslie Becker-Phelps

A lot of what children's hurt feelings are about is how the parents react.

— Laura Schlessinger