Bits Quote by Dan Fogelberg

It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticize you. It's the worst review of…

— Tea Leoni

Parents sometimes feel that if they don't criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn't make people wantto change; it makes them…

— Laurence Steinberg

With children... it is a fact that most parents criticize children more than they laud or congratulate them. We tend to be quick to…

— Anonymous

“Parental criticism is unhelpful. It creates anger and resentment. Even worse, children who are regularly criticized learn to condemn themselves and others. They learn…

— Haim G. Ginott

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. It is heartbreaking how criticism can wound children and diminish their self-esteem.

— H. Burke Peterson

Parents appreciate the child who agrees; they condemn the child who disagrees.

— Rajneesh

I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly do something…

— Pattie Mallette

Wait until the baby is born before you start criticising it, I say!

— Roger Moore

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you…

— Anonymous

I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our…

— Nia Long

It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

— George H. W. Bush

I have no doubt that over the years my children will find plenty of things about me to criticize. But something tells me that…

— Joyce Maynard