Alive Quote by Polly Berrien Berends

The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say…

— Polly Berrien Berends

Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could…

— Steven Pinker

Parents typically don't talk to each other about their goals and attitudes to parenting but this type of conversation could be very useful for…

— Timothy Carey

Any statements from the parents may seem like criticism or judgment by the child or adolescent. It's very important that the child or adolescent…

— Timothy Carey

Often parents communicate most effectively with their children by the way they listen to and address each other. Their conversations showing gentleness and love…

— Marvin J. Ashton

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

— Noah Baumbach

Sometimes, it's hard for parents to talk to their children. It's all about learning that there are other ways to communicate, like through crafts,…

— Tabitha Brown

I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today don't always…

— Christian Picciolini

It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants,…

— Augustus William Hare

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that…

— Virginia Satir

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

— Quintilian

As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be.

— Gregory Hines