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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.
Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
The message sent is not always the message received.
Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.
You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave feeling very grateful.
In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
