The more healhty relationships a child has, hte more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most pwoerful therapy is human love. - Bruce Perry

The way kids learn to make good decisions is by making decisions, not by following direction. - Alfie Kohn

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don't have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence. - Carol Dweck

We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to rocuh the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall. To care. - John Cleal