Hilary Flower Quotes

#1. So I entered parenting with only 3 clear goals: to love, to cherish, and to listen. - Melissa Ridge Carter

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#2. Show me a mother who says she is 100 percent gentle, 100 percent of the time, and I'll show you a mother in deep, deep denial, and probably passive-agressive to boot. - Lynn Siprelle

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#3. By making eye-contact, getting down to your child's level, offering a touch, or using a tone of your voice that conveys a desire to genuinely connect, you disarm yourself. You make it possible to reach your child more deeply and truly move forward together.

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#4. I want my girls to see their relationship with me as a place of refuge, a place they can retreat to for honesty, unconditional love, and support. I want to teach them and have them trust me, not fear me. I want to preserve the gentle souls that I see in them. -Liz. M.

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#5. The more power you give your child in any discipline process, the more likely he will be to be able to make it work positively for himself.

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