Able Quote by Erik Erikson

“The role of the parents is not to become the child, but to provide guidance to it, to walk it through the same abyss…

— Lamine Pearlheart

I always feel it's not a parent's role to either allow or to deny, but merely to guide.

— David Draiman

“Parents can raise children who are responsible, self-disciplined, and cooperative without relying on the weapon of fear; they can learn how to influence children…

— Thomas Gordon

Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make…

— LZ Granderson

“effective parents expect their children to rise to life’s challenges (as you know, there are plenty!) and to respect the rules and limits that…

— Thomas W. Phelan

“Parents must model the kind of behavior they want to teach. They must also communicate their values in ways that make the values as…

— Jerry L. Wyckoff

“It is clear that there are situations where we should restrict a child: letting them ingest poison, for example, would be against common sense,…

— Marcelo Motta

Parents ought, through their own behavior and the values by which they live, to provide direction for their children. But they need to rid…

— Bruno Bettelheim

Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it's up to the children to live up to those principles.

— Mary Lydon Simonsen

Parents must have the courage to say no, to defend truth, and to bear powerful testimony.

— Quentin L. Cook

Parents should be able to develop goals about the type of parents they want to be.

— Timothy Carey

Only by being permitted to experience the consequences of his actions will the child acquire a sense of responsibility; and within the limits marked…

— Robert M. Lindner