If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
Excerpted from the book CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE
©1998 by Dorothy Law Nolte and Rachel Harris
The poem “Children Learn What They Live”
©Dorothy Law Nolte
Used by permission of Workman Publishing co., New York
All Rights Reserved
About Me
- Alexis
- Hello! I am a former Educator who specialized in teaching Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs. Currently my focus is on raising my own children and building a loving home for my family. On the side I am the Co-Coordinator of a WONDERFUL moms ministry that pours into moms of young children so they can pour into their own families. I started writing this blog to share some of my life experiences, with the hope that it could help someone who might be going through the same things. Laughter has been some of the best medicine for me, in addition to my faith, and knowing that in the words of my 80 something year old grandmother "This too shall pass." ENJOY!
I'm on facebook way to much, I was looking for the LIKE button. lol
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