Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

The best thing to spend on your children is your time.

In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experiences and ideas (and they themselves) have worth. They are encouraged to think for themselves, express opinions, and make decisions for themselves. Parents supporting them in standing on their own two feet and doing what they think is right. Trusting and gaining confidence in themselves, they develop an inner locus of control.

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

We all enter the world with fairly simple needs: to be protected, to be nurtured, to be loved unconditionally, and to belong.

If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are--and that's probably what they will become.

Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings.