Able Quote by Martha Stout

“When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must ignore her outrage, that she must be kind and accepting to…

— Martha Stout

“Humility, however, prevents bullying and being bullied. When your daughter recognizes that all humans have equal value and never esteems herself above another, she…

— Meg Meeker

The adolescent frequently supposes that she is breaking out of the confines of her mundane, schoolgirl existence simply in order to break rules and…

— Louise J. Kaplan

“Remember, there’s a huge difference between angry feelings and angry actions. Yes, you have to discourage misbehavior, but it’s superimportant that your child know…

— Harvey Karp

“Being the daughter of a Narcisstic parent you are taught to be respectful to that person at all times, no matter what the results…

— Katherine Childress

“Many daughters live out their lives avoiding or abiding or arguing with their mothers-burying the long-ago injury or insult or childhood deprivation under a…

— Victoria Secunda

“In my experience, most parents sincerely want their children to be assertive, independent thinkers who are unafraid to stand their ground . . .…

— Alfie Kohn

“Your child acts this way because she doesn’t know how else to handle her difficult thoughts and feelings.”

— Jeffrey Bernstein

“And brave. Encourage her to speak her mind, to say what she really thinks, to speak truthfully. And then praise her when she does.…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“If you raise a daughter to be both independent and an excellent marksman, you have to accept the fact that your control over her…

— Martha Wells

“For some parents, as with Jason’s father, the least popular feature of their children is defiance. Yet it is one of the most important…

— de Becker, Gavin

“With the child already shame-based, the feeling of discouragement takes over the whole personality. As the shame-based child forms her primitive conscience, shame becomes…

— John Bradshaw