Children Quote by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Ph.D

“A child cannot tolerate a mother’s anger. She either splits from the relationship, or she becomes terrified. Neither alternative promotes freedom and individuality. Independence,…

— Henry Cloud

Motherhood rarely allows for solitude, yet it begets its own kind of isolation: from one's past, from one's youth, from the women we once…

— Hannah Nordhaus

“Mothers do, every day. It’s funny, Bo, how a woman can bring two children into the world, raise them up the same way—the same…

— Nora Roberts

“What's critical is that parents convey to their children that by allowing them more independence, you are not in any way pulling back on…

— Melissa Shultz

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. You are connected to your child and to all those who…

— Sophia Loren

“Few things feel as threatening to a mother as does something that jeopardizes others' love for and acceptance of her child.”

— Amy Fenton Lee

There's just an incredible amount of loneliness as a mother, all this solitude no one really speaks to.

— Catherine Reitman

“. . . when a mother shares adult concerns with her daughter, a healthy dependence becomes impossible; the daughter feels insecure and alone because…

— Karyl McBride

“To be a good mother, a woman is supposed to devote herself entirely to her children (and often a dependent and childlike husband) and…

— Gabrielle Palmer

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're…

— Annie Lennox

“Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that she would…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying…

— Margot Fonteyn