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When kids spend time with the most important people in their life, they develop important relational skills like communicating and listening well, interpreting facial expressions, understanding nonverbal communication, sharing, and sacrificing.
Daniel J. Siegel • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
“other than showing your child love and affection, managing your own stress is the best thing you can do to be an effective parent.”
Sissy Goff • Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World
Whole-Brain Strategy #3: Engage, Don’t Enrage:
Daniel J. Siegel • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Children need time to become themselves—through play and social interaction. If you overwhelm a child with stuff—with choices and pseudochoices—before they are ready, they will only know one emotional gesture: “More!”
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
We also learned how important it was for us to stay calm and look calm. She must be scared to death to have these feelings, and it’s reassuring to her that we’re calm, in control, and will protect her.
Janice Papolos • The Bipolar Child (Third Edition): The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder
Only to the degree we as parents are attuned to our own being will we know how to help our children attune themselves to their unique essence.
His Holiness The Dalai Lama • The Conscious Parent
Ideally, if our caretakers are present, attuned to us, and lovingly meet our needs, we learn that dependency on others is safe.
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Lisa M Ross • 5 highlights
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