"It's not enough to love the children, it is necessary that they are aware that they are loved." ~St. John Bosco #quote #quotes #kids #parents #youth

"If you've told a child a thousand times and he still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner." ~ Walter Barbee #quote #parenting #parents #moms #dads #teachers #teach

"Children don't say, I had a hard day, can we talk? They say, Will you play with me?" ~ Lawrence Cohen #quote #parenting #moms #dads

"One day your child will make a mistake or a bad choice and run to you instead of away from you.
And in that moment you will know the immense value of peaceful, positive, respectful parenting." ~ L.R. Knost @lrknost.bsky.social #parenting #moms #dads #parent

I am so heavy on the "I love you" and "be safe" because life isn't fair and life is too short. ~ Vic Moser #quote #parenting #moms #dads #relationships

"gentleness doesn't mean you don't guide me, it simply means your guidance doesn't hurt me." ~ RebeccaEanes #quote #parenting #moms #dads #teachers #coaches via @lrknost.bsky.social

"When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it's our job to share our calm, not to join their chaos." ~ @lrknost.bsky.social #quote #parenting #moms #dads #teachers #kids #youth

"Discipline is helping a child solve a problem.

Punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem.

To raise problem solvers,
focus on solutions,
not retribution."
by ~ @lrknost.bsky.social
#parenting #moms#dads #love #compassion #empathy

“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?” ~ Jane Nelsen #quote #parenting #relationships

New to BlueSky. I'll start with a one of my favorite #quotes
“Imagine if we measured success by the amount of safety that people feel in our presence.” ~
@jonathanldent
#quote #parenting #relationships