The Youngest Children Have A Great Capacity

We Pass Our Values, Ideas And Moral Character On To Our Children, But We Do That Knowing That Our Children Are Going To Revise Our Knowledge And Reshape Their Values. There's Something Very Paradoxical And Profound About Being A Parent As Opposed To Parenting. We Put In All This Effort And Energy Not So That We Can Shape A Child Of A Particular Sort, But So That All Sorts Of Possibilities Can Happen In The Future.

Some People Say That Parents Don't Matter, And That's Not True At All. The Irony Is That We Pay Attention To All These Things That Don't Matter, And Not To What Does Matter, Such As Parents Having Enough Resources To Provide An Environment Where Their Children Have Both Security And Freedom.

Ineffective Or Weak Brain Connections Are Pruned In Much The Same Way A Gardener Would Prune A Tree Or Bush, Giving The Plant A Desired Shape.

Children Are The Most Amazing Thing In The Universe, As Far As I'm Concerned. If You're Worrying About How It's Going To Turn Out, You Aren't Experiencing That Day-to-day Satisfaction Of Being With These Incredible, Extraordinary Creatures. Every Single One Of Them Is The Most Incredible, Extraordinary Creature That You're Ever Going To Want To See. I Think The Joy Of Having That Deep Relationship - That's The Core Of What Being A Parent Is.

We Provide A Secure, Stable Space For Children To Grow Up In, So Children Will Be Able To Take Risks And Have Adventures And Do Things That Are Unexpected. If There Isn't A Risk That Your Children Can Fail, Then You Haven't Succeeded As A Parent.