Who Stole My Child? Quotes

“To get along, sometimes one has to go along. To fit in, sometimes one has to accommodate. To communicate, sometimes one has to shut up. To make one’s way, sometimes one has to take what one can get.”
― Carl Pickhardt, Who Stole My Child?: Parenting through the Four Stages of Adolescence

“We disagree with the choice you have made, this is why, this is what we need to have happen now, and this is what we hope you can learn from this experience.”
― Carl Pickhardt, Who Stole My Child?: Parenting through the Four Stages of Adolescence

“To maintain healthy self-esteem, parents need to define themselves broadly and evaluate themselves kindly. Treating themselves well in these two ways not only leads them to being better positioned to support the adolescent when he or she is growing through inevitable hard times, but also helps them model how positive self-esteem can be maintained.”
― Carl Pickhardt, Who Stole My Child?: Parenting through the Four Stages of Adolescence

“Try not to contaminate your parenting with social competition.”
― Carl Pickhardt, Who Stole My Child?: Parenting through the Four Stages of Adolescence

“Here is where parents can attach personal self-esteem to how the child acts and performs. A parent may”
― Carl Pickhardt, Who Stole My Child?: Parenting through the Four Stages of Adolescence