When you're a child, you crave formal recognition; you crave ceremony, celebration, certification of proof.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
The educator wants the child to be finished at once and perfect. He forces upon the child an unnatural degree of self-mastery, a devotion to duty, a sense of honour - habits that adults get out of with astonishing rapidity.
The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.
It's so important to engage your kids to create rituals and moments that they will always remember.
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull out on the tough days of adulthood.
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.
It's important to show solidarity for a child, no matter what. It's important for a child to be raised in a situation where she sees love, solidarity, commitment and honor.
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.
A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes.