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Quote of the Week #21

The good enough mother lets the child down — and then repairs the relationship.

— Donald Winnicott

Emotions & Self-Regulation

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Week #20

“Maturity is the capacity to handle increasing complexity — not to avoid it.”

— Gordon Neufeld

Future-Ready Education

Week #19

“A child's aggression is always a message. The question is: what are they trying to tell you?”

— Jesper Juul

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #18

“Children don't need perfect parents. They need authentic ones.”

— Jesper Juul

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #17

“Don't look for the perfect parent in the mirror. Look for the authentic one.”

— Jesper Juul

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #16

“Anything that's human is mentionable. And anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.”

— Fred Rogers

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #15

“You are special. You are the only one like you. There has never been anyone exactly like you.”

— Fred Rogers

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #14

“Being a parent isn't about building a product. It's about tending a garden.”

— Alison Gopnik

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #13

“Children are the R&D department of the human species.”

— Alison Gopnik

Future-Ready Education

Week #12

“You don't have to play with your child to be a good parent. You need to let your child play.”

— Magda Gerber

Practical Life

Week #11

“Do less. Observe more. Enjoy most.”

— Magda Gerber

Practical Life

Week #10

“A child's brain is not a small adult brain. It is under construction — and we are the architects of the environment in which this happens.”

— Daniel J. Siegel

Future-Ready Education

Week #9

“Emotions are information, not the enemy. Even the difficult ones tell us something important.”

— Daniel J. Siegel

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #8

“Name it to tame it. When we help a child name an emotion, we help them understand and regulate it.”

— Daniel J. Siegel

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #7

“Play is the highest form of research.”

— Albert Einstein

Future-Ready Education

Week #6

“Help me to do it myself.”

— Maria Montessori

Practical Life

Week #5

“The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.”

— Maria Montessori

Practical Life

Week #4

“The child learns everything unconsciously, passing gradually from the unconscious to the conscious.”

— Maria Montessori

Future-Ready Education

Week #3

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say: the children are now working as if I did not exist.”

— Maria Montessori

Practical Life

Week #2

“The child who is respected learns to respect. The child surrounded by tolerance learns to be patient.”

— Maria Montessori

Emotions & Self-Regulation

Week #1

“Children are not people of tomorrow — they are people today. They have a right to be taken seriously.”

— Janusz Korczak

Emotions & Self-Regulation

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