11 quotes found
Psychologist · Canadian
Canadian psychologist
“The digital playground is an incredibly cruel playground.”
“Children need to trust and depend upon those who are responsible for them.”
“Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.”
“Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.”
“Unconditional parental love is the indespensible nutrient for the child's healthy emotional growth. The first task is to create space in the child's heart for the certainty that she is precisely th...”
“The key to activating maturation is to take care of the attachment needs of the child. To foster independance we must first invite dependance; to promote individuation we must provide a sense of be...”
“In thousands of little ways, we pull and push our children to grow up, hurrying them along instead of inviting them to rest. We could never court each other as adults by resisting dependance...Perh...”
“Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditi...”
“Digital intimacy ruins the appetite for the real thing. So, when kids are gaming or even when spouses are gaming, they lose their appetite for genuine intimacy. Kids lose their appetite for getting...”
“It is a parent's responsibility to preserve the connection with their children, to preserve the relationship, so that the children can let go and become their own selves.”
“Attachment is the most powerful force in the universe. We are meant to learn in the context of attachment about what we are attached to, and the things that serve our attachment needs.”
