Just as verbally and physically abused children internalize blame, so do incest victims. However, in incest, the blame is compounded by the shame. The belief that ‘it’s all my fault’ is never more intense than with the incest victim. This belie...
Senator Lothridge: Now as we discussed earlier, these warning labels are not for those who know, but rather for those who don't know. What about the children? Nick Naylor: Gentleman. It's called education. It doesn't come off the side of a cigarette ...
In retrospect, it seems obvious that my research about parenting was also a means to subdue my anxieties about becoming a parent.... I grew up afraid of illness and disability, inclined to avert my gaze from anyone who was too different – despite a...
The parent is the child's guide. This shepherding process helps a child to understand himself and the world in which he lives. The parent shepherds a child to assess himself and his responses. He shepherds the child to understand not just the "what" ...
Sometimes we mistake patience for weakness, but the patient person often realizes that it's much more important for another person to discover his or her own gifts and shortcomings--the patient person doesn't feel a need to "fix" other people, and so...
As parents we carry the blueprints, the dreams of what our family could be. The plans change, the whole thing goes way over budget, there are unexpected additions, and the work never ends. Still, through the messiness of construction we see each othe...
The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing.
Any time you can get a muscle car back, it's a good thing.
I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.
I think good things happen to good people.
It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.
Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work.
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
