Acceptance Quote by Naomi Wolf

“Self-esteem is the way you regard yourself as either being worth your mother’s while to care for you, protect you and keep you safe…

— Kevin Solomons

“If a child is roughly treated and not respected and not shown love, the child will have problems with self-esteem”

— Sunday Adelaja

I read a lot on self-esteem issues, and a mother has more impact on the self-esteem of her daughter than peer pressure or media…

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

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

— Amy Fenton Lee

Mothers have a huge influence on how their daughters view themselves and how they treat their bodies.

— Coco Rocha

“One is free from depression,” writes Alice Miller in The Drama of the Gifted Child, “when self-esteem is based on the authenticity of one’s…

— John Bradshaw

Every child has a legitimate narcissistic need to be noticed, understood, taken seriously, and respected by his mother. In the first weeks and months…

— Alice Miller

Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.

— Albert Ellis

“Many persons grow insensibly attached to that which gives them a great deal of trouble, as a mother often loves her sick and ever-ailing…

— Charles MacKay

A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.

— Jane Austen

“When a child is subjected to verbal attacks, she sees it not as something being done to her but as something she has caused…

— Susan Forward

“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