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Some parents put their children first in order to play the martyr.
Connie Dawson • Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
Assume little. Wait to see the particulars of your child. Concentrate on character and values. Provide opportunities. And then, for goodness’ sake, let children grow naturally into their unique selves.
Madeline Levine PhD • Teach Your Children Well
approval. You can raise children who feel both free and responsible, but in order to do this, you must first feel free and responsible yourself.
Rebecca Anne Bailey • Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills For Turning Conflict
The parent can show her how to stand up for herself.
Adele Faber • Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
In the ideal scenario, her parents teach her how to choose for herself. They provide guidance, set limits, and teach manners, of course, but they also begin the process of teaching her how to find her own answers inside herself.
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
Letting the pressure build between who one is taught to be and who one really is.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Dreams for My Children
Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
Traditionally parenthood has been exercised in a manner that’s hierarchical. The parent governs from the top down.