Brad Bird Quotes

You've got to be vulnerable when you're talking to kids. There's nothing worse than some adult standing up there just talking down to some kid. You can't work that way.

Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.

When trying to teach someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary and more from the way the boundary was established.

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If they live with criticism, they learn to condemn.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

I don't even know if I have kind of a personal, like a take or a mental manual of how I'm raising kids. It's really - I think with everybody, it's just day-to-day and you just try to deal with every situation as they come.

I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable and aware of social complexities than we give them credit for.

When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.

I am always trying to evolve, so I like to read parenting books and things like that.

I don't believe in condescending to children. I don't change any writing technique.

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.

There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.

On the average, older parents are more flexible, tolerant, understanding, and happy in child care.

I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring.

I can talk, I can express myself. But many times when people are talking just to talk, to say negative things, I don't like it because this is not a negative sport.

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.

If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

I think our jobs as parents is to raise our children with empathy - to figure out who this little character is, almost from birth, and then guide them to fulfill their best potential.

I think that's one of the greatest gifts that I have: that I can get someone to open up, and all you have to do is ask a question and not feel like you need a response.

Coaches? They can talk. I tell them: 'Just make sure before you open your mouth you've researched what you're about to say. Don't just say stuff. And if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything.'

My managers understood that when I sulk, they talk to me. It's a way for me to be heard.

But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.

When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.