Nancy Gibbs Quotes

I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

I can't cultivate a relationship with my child if it's between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, 'This is not going to work.' It will work some of the year, but not 12 months a year.

I hope that whenever my daughter has a negative experience, I'm there to talk about it and remind her how we feel when it's done to her so that she doesn't do it to others.

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

If I'm working in the city, then as soon as I'm home, I try to lock in on my son for a few hours. Every day. I see how important it is that he's starting to come into my world now. It's just an effort to give him that male mode of being.

With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.

If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There's not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war.

It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing.

Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

We all know the wonders of Skype, but there's nothing like getting a hug from your daughters or taking them to school.

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

It's not enough to make time for your children. There are certain stages in their lives when you have to give them the time when they want it. You can't run your family like a company. It doesn't work.

The relationship between parents and children who live together is a growing one, and it shifts every day, especially during the teenage years.

My mother didn't know what to do with me.

I think that in order to parent effectively, we are going to have to admit two things: We can't keep our children safe. We can't accept the fact that we can't keep our children safe.

I understand that for an average working mother it is difficult to take out lots of time for their child. But make sure that when you are with them, you cuddle them and listen when they share their day to day activities.

Everything you worry about as a parent can be improved by sitting down regularly with your kids.

Parenting is a learning process.

So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time.

With children Love is spelled TIME.

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.

To a child, 'love' is spelled T-I-M-E.

Every child's birthright is a happy home.

My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of time with all six of them and making sure I can be there for when they go through everything.

All people naturally hate. My kid bites people now. I didn't teach my kid to bite anybody. Kids say mean stuff. Only through love do we get this evil out of them. Only through love and structure and discipline do they not hate. The kids that hate didn't learn anything, that's the problem.