Independence Training Quotes

These words reveal the child’s inner needs; ‘Help me to do it alone’.

We probably stagnate our children's emotional growth by not letting them have some separation from us.

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.

Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.'

I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive.

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.

You hear these yummy mummies talk about being the best possible mother, and they put all their effort into their children. I also want to be the best possible mother, but I know that my job as a mother includes bringing my children up so, actually, they can live without me.