Good Enough Parenting Quotes

“Wyndham and Jeanie Shaw asked their eldest son, Sam, what helped him from their parenting and this was his reply, “The older I get the more I appreciate the way my parents raised me. They never assumed to know what I was feeling in a certain situation, but took the time to draw me out. This was especially important since I had, and still have, a difficult time understanding my own feelings. To me, sorting through my feelings was painstaking and complicated. I preferred to stow them away and focus on simple things like watching sports or funny movies. Drawing me out took time. My parents made the time to do this and convinced me it was worth it.”
― John Philip Louis, Good Enough Parenting: A Christian Perspective on Meeting Core Emotional Needs and Avoiding Exasperation