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Jessica Galbreth
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Children Learn What They Live
by Dorothy Law Nolte


If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and cosideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

My parenting goal, my ideal, is to treat my children the way I would want to be treated if our positions were reversed.

Recommended Reading

The Baby Book by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN
The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary D. Chapman and Ross Campbell
Kids Are Worth It by Barabara Coloroso
Kids, Parents and Power Struggles by Mary Kurcinka
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky A. Bailey
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk  by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
When Anger Hurts Your Kids  by Matthew McKay, Kim Paleg, Patrick Fanning and Dana Landis
Children Learn What They Live by Dorothy Law Nolte and Rachel Harris

Links

Attachment Parenting International
Dr. William Sears
Empathic Parenting
Kelly's Attachment Parenting
The Natural Family Site
The NO Spanking Page: NeverHitAChild.org

The Natural Child Project
GentleMothering.com
Positive Discipline
Building Fences