I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.

When our children see us expressing our emotions, they can learn that their own feelings are natural and permissible, can be expressed, and can be talked about. That's an important thing for our children to learn.

Anything mentionable is manageable.

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.

Parents who expect change in themselves as well as in their children, who accept it and find in it the joy as well as the pains ofgrowth, are likely to be the happiest and most confident parents.

It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.