Polly Berrien Berends Quotes

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about.

Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

There's healthy attachment, like with a mother and child. It's biologically part of our survival.

You have to empathize with your children. If you love them, you never really get too angry with them when they make a mistake, because kids are expected to make mistakes. Having children, you start to see yourself through them.

Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.

The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.

Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn't.

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them.

I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it.

All I know is that once you have children, you put them before anything you're feeling or going through. Today, my daughter walked into the room and I said, 'I love you, baby,' and she said, 'Well, I don't like you,' and I said to my wife, 'The meaner she is to me, the more I love her.'

I have four boys and one girl. My daughter is my only little girl and I just love her to death. I can't even fix my mouth to tell her 'no' for anything.

Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

I love being with my children. They're fascinating people.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!

I love my kids beyond anything.

I love my son, but my daughter has calmed me down.

Somebody close to me once said, 'Oh, no man will ever accept your children.' And I just thought it was the most horrifying thing someone has ever said to me in my entire life. I was determined to find somebody who would make that not true.

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.