Children Quote by Steven Briggs

“the behaviors and skills we want and expect our kids to demonstrate, like sound decision making, control of their emotions and bodies, empathy, self-understanding,…

— Daniel J. Siegel

For the child whose impulsiveness is indulged, who retains his primitive-discharge mechanisms, is not only an ill-behaved child but a child whose intellectual development…

— Selma Fraiberg

Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all…

— Greg Boyle

Children are born with brains, NOT habits and beliefs. They become what they see and hear and examples shown them.

— Nishan Panwar

“What on earth would make someone a nonlearner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just…

— Carol S. Dweck

Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.

— Joseph Joubert

“frontal brain systems, and therefore executive skills, will require approximately 25 years to develop fully. Given these factors, children and adolescents cannot rely solely…

— Richard Guare

“Improving intelligence is possible, but it is more likely to occur if children are given the right experiences at the right ages.”

— Dennis Garlick

As soon as children find something that interests them they lose their instability and learn to concentrate.

— Maria Montessori

“Brain studies of low SES children have shown them to be less able to filter out irrelevant information in a learning situation. Although this…

— Terry Marselle

“Instead of promoting healthy development, they unconsciously undermine it, often with the belief that they are acting in their child’s best interest.”

— Susan Forward

“Poorer children grow up with more stress and more disruption, and these disadvantages produce effects on the brain. Researchers often use dull tests to…

— David Brooks