Children Quote by Sheri Van Dijk

“Many families actively discourage the expression of tough emotions like fear and anger. Happiness and tranquility, meanwhile, make it to the top of the…

— John Medina

“Sometimes it is very difficult to keep in mind the fact that the parents, too, have reasons for what they do-- have reasons, locked…

— Virginia M. Axline

“The child identifies with the parent who has been betrayed because he is suffering immeasurable loss as well—the loss of trust in one or…

— Ana Nogales

“Family-centered parents do not have the emotional freedom, the power, to raise their children with their ultimate welfare truly in mind. If they derive…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Because children are totally dependent on their parents for their physical and emotional survival, their need for parental love is absolute. The normal need…

— Susan Forward

“Parenting the hurt child means always knowing that you are parenting your emotional better, a human being who survived against all odds.”

— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

“Often children who survive extremely adverse childhoods have learned a particular survival strategy. I call it ‘strategic detachment.’ This is not the withdrawal from…

— Nathaniel Branden

“As children, a great number of us were taught by our parents, carers, extended family members, and teachers, that showing any form of emotional…

— Mateo Sol

“A child’s sense of secure attachment—this idea that I, in all my glory, as well as all my stinkiness and imperfection, am loved and…

— Susan David

“children whose parents have been unfaithful are often pressured to become the caretaker of the betrayed parent, thus adding to the son’s or daughter’s…

— Ana Nogales

When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves…

— Haim Ginott

“When children are hurt and in pain psychologically, they don't want to be in distress, so when the situation becomes intolerable, they cease to…

— Robert W. Firestone