Quote of the Week #21
The good enough mother lets the child down — and then repairs the relationship.
— Donald Winnicott
Emotions & Self-RegulationQuote Archive
Week #20
“Maturity is the capacity to handle increasing complexity — not to avoid it.”
— Gordon Neufeld
Future-Ready EducationWeek #19
“A child's aggression is always a message. The question is: what are they trying to tell you?”
— Jesper Juul
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #18
“Children don't need perfect parents. They need authentic ones.”
— Jesper Juul
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #17
“Don't look for the perfect parent in the mirror. Look for the authentic one.”
— Jesper Juul
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #16
“Anything that's human is mentionable. And anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.”
— Fred Rogers
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #15
“You are special. You are the only one like you. There has never been anyone exactly like you.”
— Fred Rogers
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #14
“Being a parent isn't about building a product. It's about tending a garden.”
— Alison Gopnik
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #13
“Children are the R&D department of the human species.”
— Alison Gopnik
Future-Ready EducationWeek #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 LifeWeek #11
“Do less. Observe more. Enjoy most.”
— Magda Gerber
Practical LifeWeek #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 EducationWeek #9
“Emotions are information, not the enemy. Even the difficult ones tell us something important.”
— Daniel J. Siegel
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #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-RegulationWeek #7
“Play is the highest form of research.”
— Albert Einstein
Future-Ready EducationWeek #6
“Help me to do it myself.”
— Maria Montessori
Practical LifeWeek #5
“The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.”
— Maria Montessori
Practical LifeWeek #4
“The child learns everything unconsciously, passing gradually from the unconscious to the conscious.”
— Maria Montessori
Future-Ready EducationWeek #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 LifeWeek #2
“The child who is respected learns to respect. The child surrounded by tolerance learns to be patient.”
— Maria Montessori
Emotions & Self-RegulationWeek #1
“Children are not people of tomorrow — they are people today. They have a right to be taken seriously.”
— Janusz Korczak
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