The Gentle Discipline Book Quotes

“If you have told a child a thousand times and he still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner.”
― Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

“Children watch us more than they listen to us.”
― Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

“Three-year-olds, however, have the added disadvantage of a biological lack of impulse control.”
― Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

“Sometimes children who always shout or cry just simply cannot help it.”
― Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

“very last section of the brain to mature, during the teenage years and early twenties, is the prefrontal cortex, which controls judgment, impulse control, and emotion regulation. Until this section of the brain is well connected, it is reasonable to expect the child, or indeed teenager, to lack judgment and self-control.”
― Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids