Activity Quote by Barbara Coloroso

“When your children are very young it is impossible to imagine a life where they will not live with you, where you will not…

— Maureen Wheeler

“When a child becomes so attached to her peers that she would rather be with them and be like them, those peers, whether singly…

— Gabor Maté

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

“To retreat into oneself and meet nobody for hours on end—that is what one must be able to attain. To be alone, as one…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“And when you realize that their activities are shabby, that their vocations are petrified and no longer connected with life, why not then continue…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Overscheduled children lose the space to simply be with themselves and learn the art of being alone. In our noisy, busy world, the importance…

— Joshua Becker

For me, the child is a veritable image of becoming, of possibility, poised to reach towards what is not yet, towards a growing that…

— Maxine Greene

“A child does what she does in order to meet her own needs. When we validate her feelings, find out what her needs are,…

— Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko

Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a…

— Alexandra Robbins

Childhood knows unhappiness through men. In solitude, it can relax its aches. When the human world leaves him in peace, the child feels like…

— Gaston Bachelard

To be motivated to sit at home and study, instead of going out and playing, children need a sense of themselves over time--they need…

— Stanley Greenspan

“There is yet another reason why peer-oriented kids are insatiable. In order to reach the turning point, a child must not only be fulfilled,…

— Gabor Maté