Brené Brown Quotes About Children
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The question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?"
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Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors.
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We cannot give our children what we don’t have.
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I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
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The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn't exist, and I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
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Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?
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Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.
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We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment
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First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.
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We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a much stronger indicator of parenting success than anything we can learn from how-to books.
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We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.
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Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.
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Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they’ll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.
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