Our Biggest Problem As Human Beings Is

What Lingers From The Parent's Individual Past, Unresolved Or Incomplete, Often Becomes Part Of Her Or His Irrational Parenting.

I Have Talked About Choosing Rather Than Acting From Compulsion. When You Feel That You Have To Live According To Someone Else's Direction Or Live So That You Never Disappoint Or Hurt Anybody, Then Your Life Is A Continual Assessment Of Whether Or Not You Please Other People.

We Must Not Allow Other People's Limited Perceptions To Define Us.

Feelings Of Worth Can Flourish Only In An Atmosphere Where Individual Differences Are Appreciated, Mistakes Are Tolerated, Communication Is Open, And Rules Are Flexible - The Kind Of Atmosphere That Is Found In A Nurturing Family.

Parents Teach In The Toughest School In The Word: The School For Making People. You Are The Board Of Education, The Principal, Theclassroom Teacher, And The Janitor, All Rolled Into Two. . . . There Are Few Schools To Train You For Your Job, And There Is No General Agreement On The Curriculum. . . . You Are On Duty, Or At Least On Call, 24 Hours A Day, 365 Days A Year, For At Least 18 Years For Each Child You Have. Besides That, You Have To Contend With An Administration That Has Two Leaders Or Bosses, Whichever The Case May Be.