Daniel Greenberg Quotes

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

How on earth do people imagine we equip children for life if we never show them the sorts of issues other people encounter, if we never talk through with them how they might deal with difficulty or violence or unexpected shocks and surprises?

You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.

You can coddle your child and tell them, 'You're the best no matter what.' But in the end, when they go out into the real world, I think it's pretty tough out there and other children are cruel.

I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.

All children know when something is wrong and they can't understand something - they never need someone to tell them they're stupid. They need help in solving the problem.

Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a road map for how to handle painful emotions.

Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own.

Kids are very sensitive to the value system of their parents, and I just felt my parents were attaching too much importance, too much meaning, to things.

One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself.

It's endless, the amount of things that music touches on that can help kids grow that are very, very practical.

When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

Kids who are nine, 10 and 11 are pretty sophisticated readers; they know that there isn't always a good outcome every time and that problems don't always have solutions.

Give your kid some credit for being smart - just because they read about something doesn't mean they will do it.

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

Woory about building a kid who is good, not a kid with good self-esteem.

Abundant research has shown that children raised by two parents in an ongoing union are more likely to develop the self-discipline and self-confidence that make for success in life …

The fundamental purpose of schools is to grow adults.

I will feel like a success if I raise my children to be kind and happy people.

Parenting is one of the best management training programs there is.

I think we are doing a bad job of helping our kids understand that they have huge resiliency.

Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.

I truly enjoy working with kids because they teach me something and it allows me to get in touch with few things that are a bit personal to me.