Positive Parenting Quotes

“Ask yourself what will happen if you stay stuck where you are. Get a detailed image in your mind of how your life will be a decade from now if you continue living as you are. What will your relationship with your child look like? With your partner? Will you be burdened with regrets? Now imagine that you’ve become the person you want to be and have been living that life for a decade. What do your relationships look like?”
― Rebecca Eanes, Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

“Tantrums are viewed as a child’s calculated and devious attempt at getting our attention or their own way, and again we are told to ignore the child so that we do not reinforce this negative behavior. Only a couple of years out of the womb and we see him as a duplicitous mastermind rather than a young human lacking coping and communication skills who needs the help and guidance of his caregiver.”
― Rebecca Eanes, Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

“We have to be willing to own our stories, our thoughts, our feelings and our behaviours. That’s how we grow into our fullest potential as people and as parents.”
― Rebecca Eanes, Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

“Encouragement and Praise There’s been a lot written about praise. Alfie Kohn has done wonderful research on this topic,”
― Rebecca Eanes, Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

“You are holding the pen now. You get to decide if you’ll be a hero.”
― Rebecca Eanes, Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

“Simply put, we, the parents, set the precedent for how human relationships are for our children.”
― Rebecca Eanes, Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide