Quotes About Bonding

I like being around the house with you,' he said. 'I like to be where you are.

He wanted to hold his boy and tease him and make him laugh, he wanted the chunk of him close;

Come sit on my lap,' she said. Soon, very soon, he would think himself too big for lap-sitting. He got down from his chair and she picked him up; he was solid as anything. She held him close and swayed her body a little, like a cradle rocking, and soon he looked at her with the lovely solemnity that seemed to be a hallmark of their Jack Tyler, and said, ' I could prob'ly have a deviled egg now.

Then Gertie kicked Ida Belle under the table and she lifted her gaze to mine. ''I'm sorry I made you ride naked in my car wearing a trash bag,'' she said, not sounding the least bit sorry. ''No, you're not,'' I said

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.

Well," Fred said. "Gotta go. You two come by for dinner soon. I'll barbecue something." Where Fred was concerned, that probably meant he'd shoot something first, then barbecue it, but that was fine by Tony. He'd eat barbecued yak if it meant being a part of this family

It's also a nodding truth that these close relationships are built one on one. Time alone with a grandchild is golden. The flow of love is unmediated because there are no distractions. Attention is complete.

mirror neurons help him figure out how to imitate you. In the same way, when you are angry, excited, or anxious, his mirror neurons will "catch" your emotion and create that same feeling within him.

in fact, what children really need to grow and develop is unhurried time with caring adults, people who will focus on the child and follow his cues without distraction or expectations

There is simply no substitute for time and attention, and children who have the opportunity to bond well with parents find it easier to get along with others and to be comfortable in their world as they grow up.

Studies have shown that babies who are touched, massaged, and held often are less irritable and gain weight more quickly. Holding, rocking, and cuddling a child communicates love and acceptance perhaps better than anything else. Babies, toddlers, even parents need hugs, and a loving hug may be all the "help" your little one needs for many of life's small crises.

Greta coined the phrase, "You are who you eat with.

Blood may be thicker than water, but it is still sticky, unpleasant, and generally nauseating.

the only way to happiness is to find people with whom you can eat, drink and laugh. That is everything

The next week, I brought my ten-year-old son, Theo, G. E. Smith, and George Stephanopoulos to watch the band rehearse the full show for the first time on the Voodoo Lounge stage to an empty stadium, sitting with the Stones' wives and their kids on blankets around the pitcher's mound. The all-time private show.

My girlfriend bought me a collared shirt for my birthday, mainly so I don't get too far ahead of her when she takes me for a walk.

Their interactions are like passing a shuttle of yarn back and forth, weaving a connection between their hearts.

the quality of the mothering we receive so powerfully shapes our development.

Studies in Sweden found that even when a mother works outside the home and the father is the primary caretaker, babies still strongly prefer being with the mother.1

I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.

lo más arduo es renunciar a reírse en compañía, cuando uno ha encontrado con quién y ha decidido convertirse en incondicional de esa persona.

Come, let us be bored together

I knew he was the real thing because when he laughed other men at the table laughed with him.

Friendship depends on interlocking time, place, and state of mind.