A parenting program should focus on parent's attitudes to themselves, their children, and the relationships they are building with their children.
Timothy CareySometimes offering support and making yourself available when the child or adolescent is ready to talk can be the most helpful you can be.
Timothy CareyPrioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset or troubled without offering advice or suggestions or otherwise telling him or her what to do.
Timothy CareyOne 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.
Timothy CareyIn order to be effective decision makers and to live satisfying and contented lives, people need to be aware of their goals, desires, and purposes and need to be able to evaluate or assess the extent to which they are heading in the direction specified by their inner standards.
Timothy CareyI always thought if you really want to be a good actor, you've got to be able to fart in public. That, to me, is the most important. If you are so inhibited that you can't fart, I don't mean around your friends, I mean just a fart, out loud somewhere. I don't mean the 'silent creeper', everybody does that. I mean fart out loud! Just that you can do it and not be afraid of it. Humility is very important.
Timothy Carey