My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
Virginia SatirI want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
Virginia SatirWhat lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
Virginia SatirEvery word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
Virginia SatirRearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.
Virginia Satir