Berry Brazelton Quotes

#1. I cannot find my way: there is no star
In all the shrouded heavens anywhere

Edwin Arlington Robinson

#2. Our grandchildren will live together in a society with the offspring of neglected families. So will yours.

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#3. All adults who care about a baby will naturally be in competition for that baby ... Each adult wishes that he or she could do each job a bit more skillfully for the infant or small child than the other.

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#4. Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.

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#5. I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

Jean M. Auel

#6. Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on many families are out of proportion to anything two parents can handle.

T. Berry Brazelton

#7. A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.

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#8. A newborn already has nine months of experience when she is born,

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#9. The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don't tell the reader anything specific, like 'Democrats at it Again.'

Jennifer Lee

#10. Every time you give a parent a sense of success or of empowerment, you're offering it to the baby indirectly. Because every time a parent looks at that baby and says 'Oh, you're so wonderful,' that baby just bursts with feeling good about themselves.

T. Berry Brazelton

#11. Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling in love - staying in love takes longer and demands more work.

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#12. I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

John Howard

#13. Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them, holding them - all of these further a child's brain development and future potential, even in the earliest months.

T. Berry Brazelton

#14. What are you going to fill it with?" she asks. "Holy water or something?"
"Probably Dasani," Thomas replies.

Kendare Blake

#15. Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.

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#16. A pregnant woman and her spouse dream of three babies
the perfect four-month-old who rewards them with smiles and musical cooing,the impaired baby, who changes each day, and the mysterious real baby whose presence is beginning to be evident in the motions of the fetus.

T. Berry Brazelton

#17. You learn more from your mistakes than you do from your successes.

T. Berry Brazelton