Quotes About Responsibility

Give information. What we like about giving information is that, in a sense, you're giving the child a gift he can use forever. For the rest of his life he'll need to know that "milk turns sour when it's not refrigerated

Statements like these say to the child, "I don't like what you did, and I expect you to take care of it." We hope that later on in life, as an adult, when he does something he regrets, he'll think to himself, "What can I do to make amends—to set things right again?," rather than "What I just did proves I'm an unworthy person who deserves to be punished.

The attitude behind your words is as important as the words themselves. The attitude that children thrive on is one that communicates, "You're basically a lovable, capable person. Right now there's a problem that needs attention. Once you're aware of it, you'll probably respond responsibly.

It's important for these youngsters to realize that if they're genuinely sorry their feelings of remorse should be translated into action. The "repeat offender" can be told any of the following: "Sorry means behaving differently." "Sorry means making changes." "I'm glad to hear you're sorry. That's the first step. The second step is to ask yourself what can be done about it.

MOTHER: Billy, we're leaving in five minutes. BILLY: (doesn't answer and continues to read the comics.) MOTHER: Would you tell me what I just said? BILLY: You said we're leaving in five minutes. MOTHER: Okay, now that I know you know, I won't mention it again.

The best part of using descriptive language is that it takes out the finger-pointing and accusation, and helps everyone focus on what needs to be done.

Ése es el gran desafío," dije, "cambiar nuestro pensamiento de 'cómo arreglo las cosas yo' a 'cómo capacito a mis hijos para arreglar las cosas por sí mismos.

Every time a parent says to himself, "I wish I hadn't said that. Why didn't I think to say . . . ," he automatically gets another chance. Life with children is open-ended.

A Quick Reminder . . . To Engage a Child's Cooperation 1. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE, OR DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM. "There's a wet towel on the bed." 2. GIVE INFORMATION. "The towel is getting my blanket wet." 3. SAY IT WITH A WORD. "The towel!" 4. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU FEEL. "I don't like sleeping in a wet bed!" 5. WRITE A NOTE. (above towel rack) Please put me back so I can dry. Thanks! Your Towel

But it's how we handle the 'ordinary, everyday small stuff' that lays the groundwork for handling the 'big stuff.

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

There are lots of things that are tough about being a single parent. The emotional, physical, and financial strain of being entirely responsible for absolutely everything – around the clock, a relentless twenty-four/seven – takes its toll.

I think that's the hardest lesson I have had to learn as a parent; no matter how much I try, I am not able to guarantee my sons' happiness and success.

The most stupid man is not the one who acts or speaks improperly, but he who consigns the steering wheel of his destiny to a religious man.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

Righteousness and evil are not character traits determined in advance or by heredity, but lie rather in the hand of each one of us.

The ordinary people of community and industry are only vaccinated ,so why the organising heads of all caste samaj and corporates are refraining to get covid vaccinated

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

More important than winning the election, is governing the nation. That is the test of a political party -- the acid, final test.