Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power.

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

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

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.

Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power.

Conditional love is love that is turned off and on....Some parents only show their love after a child has done something that pleases them. "I love you, honey, for cleaning your room!" Children who think they need to earn love become people pleasers, or perfectionists. Those who are raised on conditional love never really feel loved.

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