Bear Quote by Claire Cameron

Many people must have noticed the intense attention given by children to the conversation of grown-ups when they cannot possibly be understanding a word…

— Maria Montessori

“I wanted to tell them! I wanted more than anything in the world to know that they understood, but naturally they just kept on…

— Beatrice Sparks

“If only parents would listen! If only they would let us talk instead of forever and eternally and continuously harping and preaching and nagging…

— Anonymous

“When speaking to a Bear of Very Little Brain, remember that long words may bother him.”

— Anonymous

What would happen if we listened to children as much as we talked to them?

— Gloria Steinem

“The more parents talk to their children, even in the earliest moments of life, the better their kids’ linguistic abilities become”

— John Medina

Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything we do.…

— Anonymous

“Ultimately we want the children to catch their growing intensity themselves, to rely on their inner control rather than our control. By giving them…

— Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

If we taught babies to talk as most skills are taught in school, they would memorize lists of sounds in a predetermined order and…

— Linda Darling-Hammond

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to…

— Gene Hackman

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents.

— Kevin Costner

“When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all its meaning.”

— Cassandra Clare