Thomas Menino Quotes

It is the parent's job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children's self confidence is buoyed at all times, or they will plummet like a stone.

One thing I've learned is that preschool teachers really have seen it all - and they can be a wealth of information! If you have any questions about a certain behavioral hurdle with your child or if you have a question about a certain age or phase, ask them!

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

The one thing that kids need is consistency.

Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer.

I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.

Whether you are a twelve-year-old princess or a twelve-year-old regular kid, you need to know you are loved and respected.

When given age-appropriate challenges, children tend to take them very seriously; in fact, the more obvious the risk is, the more cautiously a child will proceed.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

Autistic children are extremely bright if you can connect to them and bring them into our world. Socially it's really hard for them, but it can happen.

A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

Children need to have a home. I don't mean a physical four walls and a room. There needs to be an emotional and spiritual and loving place in life. That's what a family is.

I worry about my kids growing up and how the world might hurt them. But at the same time, I absolutely do not worry about them growing up - because they have great values and a great sense of self.

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

The healthy child has to have something to look forward to.

It is my ambition that parents can send their children to school with the prospects that they are as interested and excited to learn on their last day of school as they were on the very first.

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.

The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.

One of the most striking things one finds about the child under 7-8 is his extreme assurance on all subjects.

In raising children, we need to continuously keep in mind how we can best create the most favorable environment for their imitative behavior. Everything done in the past regarding imitation must become more and more conscious and more and more consciously connected with the future.

Definitely I feel my kids played a big role in why I was so successful in fighting.

My job is to help parents give their children the best start in life.