What kids do need is unconditional support, love with no strings attached. That's not just different from praise, it's the opposite of praise. Good job is conditional. It means we' are offering attention and acknowledgment and approval for jumping though our hoops, for doing things the please us. - Alfie Kohn

The pause between reactive and responsive is the beginning of choice, intention, and skillfulness as a parent. - Dr. Dan Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson, Ph. D. , NO Drama Discipline

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be passionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. - Kavita Ramdas

Hugging is the most beautiful form of communication that allows the other person to know beyond a doubt that they matter. - unknown

Hugging
“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches