Parenting Quote by Stephen Grosz

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves.…

— Rosalind Wiseman

“Children are accustomed to a continual stream of criticisms and praise, but adults can go weeks without a compliment while enduring criticism both at…

— Scott Adams

But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.

— Arne Jacobsen

With children... it is a fact that most parents criticize children more than they laud or congratulate them. We tend to be quick to…

— Anonymous

Parents sometimes feel that if they don't criticize their child, their child will never learn. Criticism doesn't make people wantto change; it makes them…

— Laurence Steinberg

“Parental criticism is unhelpful. It creates anger and resentment. Even worse, children who are regularly criticized learn to condemn themselves and others. They learn…

— Haim G. Ginott

“But can you imagine if the very first time that you fell after pulling yourself up on that coffee table, a voice came thundering…

— Josie Spinardi

[On parents:] They're not gods to be pleased or devils to be exorcised. They're just there, and we can only hope they understand when…

— Helen Van Slyke

“The upbringing based on criticizing the wrong and rejecting it since childhood is considered to be one of the factors that support the ability…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

“If parents take no heed of the great thoughts which move their age, they cannot expect to retain influence over the minds of their…

— Parents' National Education Union

“It's easier for parents to ignore, to pretend that everything's great and then do whatever they want while convinced it's something you want, too.”

— Sophie Jordan

Parents appreciate the child who agrees; they condemn the child who disagrees.

— Rajneesh