Children Quote by Jennifer Ashton

“While reliving trauma is dramatic, frightening, and potentially self-destructive, over time a lack of presence can be even more damaging. This is a particular…

— Bessel Van Der Kolk

At some point, parents may become inured to a child's self-destruction, but I never did.

— David Sheff

Children certainly can't learn if they're dealing with trauma or mental illness.

— Kim Reynolds

Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear.

— Madonna Ciccone

The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They may never…

— Mark Epstein

I think any parent can imagine how difficult it would be to watch your child suffer.

— Kyle Richards

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I think so many families are touched by illness and loss, and we kind of overprotect our children often, you know, we sanitize.

— Sigourney Weaver

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?

— Laura Z. Hobson

“There is nothing redemptive about the loss of a child, no lessons of value it can teach you. It is too big, too overwhelming,…

— Jojo Moyes

“When a diagnosis is still fresh, do not pressure parents to focus on the positive about the situation. Doing so suggests that the parents…

— Amy Fenton Lee

As my father went through a really, really long and dark period of his health declining and falling deeper into the abyss, I knew…

— Jim Nantz