Bubbles Quote by Finn Wittrock

Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement.

— Stephanie Coontz

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

— Kate Thompson

I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires; though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where…

— Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Parents must begin to discover their children as individuals of developing tastes and views and so help them be, and see, themselves as thinking,…

— Dorothy H Cohen

Maybe children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted, be it…

— Laura Moriarty

Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with…

— Jane Brody

Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in…

— Carl Rogers

The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness.

— Jane Smiley

Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate. Over-controlled by…

— Susan Forward

Living with golden fantasies of an endlessly nurtured infancy can be a neurotic refusal to grow up.

— Judith Viorst

I think there's been a big psychological shift in people my age raising children. The world that they are growing into requires a different…

— Asher Keddie

Parents sometimes forget that after the child emerges from the utter physical and mental helplessness of infancy, it is becoming more and more an…

— Prentice Mulford