Parenting Quote by Dan Arel

“Shouldn’t children be taught critical, sceptical thinking from an early age? Shouldn’t we all be taught to doubt, to weigh up plausibility, to demand…

— Richard Dawkins

“Children naturally believe without question and absorb knowledge at an incredible rate; since there is no other frame of reference; they believe their parental…

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

Very young children have no way to verify the accuracy and validity of what parents and adults tell them. So be truthful to them…

— Rey Mellomida

“One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has accustomed them to obedience, and experience…

— Catherine the Great

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner…

— Samuel Johnson

Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out in the open.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“It’s a terrible thing when a child is stripped of his perception that his parents are perfect. Kids want to believe their parents will…

— Robert Dugoni

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.

— Erma Bombeck

“Adults who believe in the Little Adult Assumption are going to rely heavily on words and reasons in trying to change the behavior of…

— Thomas W. Phelan

Any statements from the parents may seem like criticism or judgment by the child or adolescent. It's very important that the child or adolescent…

— Timothy Carey

Entertainment seems to be the only arena where children who pursue the work of their parents, which is an inherently natural thing to do,…

— Dan Levy

“Parents must model the kind of behavior they want to teach.”

— Jerry L. Wyckoff