Accept your child as she or he is.  With that affirmation, a child is better capable of taking on the ugliness of the world.

No matter what our hopes are for our children, often, who they are does not match a parent’s expectation.  When we don’t see the behavior or personality we expect, we mourn who our children aren’t.  This is wrong.   Think about that for a minute.

We mourn who are children are not.  Really???

Intrinsically, our children are who they are supposed to be.   If we make that child feel bad for being herself, what energy does she have to conquer the world?

The only demand you have of your child’s propensity is to be an honest, ethical, upstanding member of the community.

There is no greater love a child has for a parent than to be loved unconditionally.