How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager Quotes

“The law of correspondence says your outer world is a mirror of your inner world. Your outer world corresponds to your inner world. Your outer world of your relationships—especially with your children and spouse—simply corresponds to how you feel about yourself, how you’re doing”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager

“You can’t decide to value your child sometimes, and then put a game of Farmville, or golf, or a scrapbooking session before kids on other days. Values are non-negotiable like that.”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager

“try a democratic environment. Ask your child’s opinions, make them feel as though they matter and their feelings are valued. The same time and energy spent on an argument later can be spent listening to their opinions in the first place. When you take your child’s feelings into consideration, when you ask their opinions, it makes them feel important even if they don’t always get their way.”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager

“#25. Valuing Yourself and Your Needs (As a Parent): This is about taking care of your OWN needs as a parent because when you consistently put yourself last to be taken care of and habitually continue to sacrifice your basic necessities to make everyone else happy…Essentially, what you’re teaching your children is that they’re here to be of service to others, then themselves. In other words, you’re teaching them to take advantage of you and use you as they please, which in turn communicates to them that they’re most likely to be used. To prevent this from happening, you need to set consistent limits that protect you from demands that could be overbearing and unfair. That way, you’re communicating that your basic needs are just as important as theirs. It’s true…often times parents that are constantly sacrificing themselves are idealized and praised by other parents. You know… the ones that have no hobbies, no friends and no avenue of enjoyment. Is this really desirable? Parents constantly stressed about the needs of others in the family are usually irritable, and unmotivated to try anything new, fun or exciting. How can parents do this long term with no outlet? Instead, us parents need to enjoy ourselves and focus on being re-energized. When you take good care of yourself, you provide the means to take better care of your children. Going out to dinner or cocktails, trips to the gym 3 or 4 times a week, date night with your spouse or even some alone time reading or going for a walk allows you to be a more productive, interested and patient parent.”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager

“Communicating is like that, because the way we communicate with our children shows how we feel about ourselves.”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager

“Rejection Hurts—No Matter What Age”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager

“feel their self-worth is pretty high, so that they can achieve; so that they can take on the world—so”
― Brian Tracy, How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager