People need to feel safe to talk without their ideas being criticized, judged, demeaned, or mocked.

I can’t even take a stroll through a park. As soon as women see my face they start gathering up their children and running for home.

One of the most important goals to have may well be the goal to create the life you want without preventing other people from creating the life they want.

Spending time with the child or adolescent in mutually enjoyable activities on a regular basis will help to build warmth and trust.

Seeking the counsel of trusted and respected health professionals can also be helpful in providing parents with some balance for their concerns as well as other avenues of support.

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them.

Sometimes offering support and making yourself available when the child or adolescent is ready to talk can be the most helpful you can be.

There is no one best way for parents to become the parents they want to be just as there is no one best way for a child to grow into a contented and contributing member of society.

I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals.

Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children.

A parenting program should focus on parent's attitudes to themselves, their children, and the relationships they are building with their children.

It is an insult to a wise person when his motives for guiding are questioned. However, he understands that people aren’t used to free gifts and still helps them anyway.

The good may lose

Great fish do not swim in small rivers.

Erik ! Erik! I saved your life! Remember!You were sentenced to death! But for me, you would be dead now!

stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.

I think people relate to the music because I have a sense of empathy, and I think I have a good understanding about relationships, and I talk about them in a real, honest way

So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.

The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.

Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.

We still have hope; it is what keeps us going.