Children Quote by Thomas Gordon

“The goal of parenting is to create self-sufficient virtues in children. Applying external pressure and punishments tends to teach them fear-based compliance rather than…

— Stefan Molyneux

“effective parents expect their children to rise to life’s challenges (as you know, there are plenty!) and to respect the rules and limits that…

— Thomas W. Phelan

Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged…

— Luc de Clapiers

“When parents neglect their responsibility to correct and discipline their children society suffers. The results are crimes and harm committed against others.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

— Orson Bean

“Many parents as well as teachers refuse to place this responsibility upon children for fear of the mistakes that they will make. On account…

— Frank Morton McMurry

Children need parents who model self-discipline rather than preach it. They learn from what their parents are actually willing to do; not from what…

— John Bradshaw

“Parents must model the kind of behavior they want to teach. They must also communicate their values in ways that make the values as…

— Jerry L. Wyckoff

“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

“Instead, parents just have to be good enough. They have to provide their kids with stable and predictable rhythms. They need to be able…

— David Brooks

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense…

— Gever Tulley

“Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding,…

— Jim Butcher