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"I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults."
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"A child is child."
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Personal Development
"Granny," said Esk, in the exasperated and remarkably adult voice children use to berate their wayward elders. "I don't think you quite understand. I don't want to hit the ground. It's never done anything to me."
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"A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories."
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Personal Development
"The happiness of childhood, the calming of a child's fears and the healthy development of its self-confidence depend directly upon love."
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Personal Development
"Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect."
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Personal Development
"Play like a child, because you are still that beautiful child."
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Personal Development
"One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again."
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Personal Development
"Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us."
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"Kids don't have much accumulated and deep memories and that's why they happily live in the present time!"
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Personal Development
"When children are taught to be "good" and keep everyone happy, it teaches them that they have the impossible burden of being responsible for other people's happiness."
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"I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults."
Childhood
"No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them."
Psychology
"There is a quiet transformation happening that is moving us from 'turning on each other' to 'turning toward each other.' Without question, that transformation will require shame resilience. If we're willing to dare greatly and risk vulnerability with each other, worthiness has the power to set us free."
Growth
"First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see."
Parenting
"Courage has a ripple effect. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver."
Motivation
"The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror."
Parenting
"I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few."
Wellness
"Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky."
Lifestyle
"Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement."
Wellness
"Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough."
Wellness
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