Becoming Quote by Prentice Mulford

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

— Kate Thompson

Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.

— Ari Graynor

Some parents find it difficult to understand that children are Growing Up and not Growing Down.

— Terry Mark

There is often a good deal of the child left in people who have had to grow up too soon.

— Anonymous

Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be acting differently.…

— Ellen Galinsky

“Even without world wars, revolutions and emigration, siblings growing up in the same home almost never share the same environment. More accurately, brothers and…

— Gabor Maté

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

— Randall Jarrell

“Children parented in such a manner never come up against the necessary frustration that accompanies facing the impossible. They are deprived of the experience…

— Gordon Neufeld

“As children develop, their brains "mirror" their parent's brain. In other words, the parent's own growth and development, or lack of those, impact the…

— Daniel J. Siegel

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

— Nathaniel Branden

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

— Randall Jarrell

Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressively more complex exchange between a child and somebody else- especially somebody who’s crazy about…

— Urie Bronfenbrenner