So Much Is Asked Of Parents, And

Over The Years I Have Developed A Picture Of What A Human Being Living Humanely Is Like. She Is A Person Who Understand, Values And Develops Her Body, Finding It Beautiful And Useful; A Person Who Is Real And Is Willing To Take Risks, To Be Creative, To Manifest Competence, To Change When The Situation Calls For It, And To Find Ways To Accommodate To What Is New And Different, Keeping That Part Of The Old That Is Still Useful And Discarding What Is Not.

In The Nurturing Family...parents See Themselves As Empowering Leaders Not As Authoritative Bosses. They See Their Job Primarily As One Of Teaching Their Children How To Be Truly Human In All Situations. They Readily Acknowledge To The Child Their Poor Judgment As Well As Their Good Judgment; Their Hurt, Anger, Or Disappointment As Well As Their Joy. The Behavior Of These Parents Matches What They Say.

Parents Teach In The Toughest School In The Word: The School For Making People. You Are The Board Of Education, The Principal, Theclassroom Teacher, And The Janitor, All Rolled Into Two. . . . There Are Few Schools To Train You For Your Job, And There Is No General Agreement On The Curriculum. . . . You Are On Duty, Or At Least On Call, 24 Hours A Day, 365 Days A Year, For At Least 18 Years For Each Child You Have. Besides That, You Have To Contend With An Administration That Has Two Leaders Or Bosses, Whichever The Case May Be.

Life Is Not What It's Supposed To Be. It's What It Is. The Way You Cope With It Is What Makes The Difference.

Many People Are Living In An Emotional Jail Without Realizing It.