The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting Quotes

“I love this from theologians Richard Rohr

“ My scientist friends have come up with things like ‘ principles of uncertainty’ and dark holes. They’re willing to live inside imagined hypothesis and theories. But many religious folks insist on answers that are always true. We love closure, resolution and clarity, while thinking we are people of ‘faith’! How strange that the very word ‘faith’ has come to mean its exact opposite”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting

“Have we created a space in our families where our kids know that they belong. Where there are no prerequisites for worthiness, you don't have to hustle here for me to believe you're worthy of loving. You don't have to perform here for me to think that you belong here. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to get a certain grade on your test. You don't have to hit so many home-runs. You belong here.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting

“Compassion is knowing our darkness enough so we can sit in the dark with others.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting

“Children experience shame as the threat of being unlovable.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting