Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
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I think very often they... JOHN BERCOW We are sending messages that we consider very important so that they can receive the help of authori... CARLOS GONZALEZ Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books ar... JEFF KINNEY Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenti... GORDON NEUFELD The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that some... HUMPHREY LYTTELTON Think of Virginia Woolf, 'A Room of One's Own' - that's what women have always neede... MARY DALY As an actor, whether you look good or you don't, it's still about what you look like: Whethe... CHERRY JONES The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you call a redeemer, every man... SUN RA I don't think those messages really get through. I think people know this demonstration is about the... JESSE JACKSON Every writing teacher gives the subliminal message, every time they teach: 'Your life counts for... ROGER ROSENBLATT Being self worth defines your inner strength & confidence & as the sense of one's own value or worth... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to d... GAIL O'GRADY There are so many local nonprofits making a positive impact every day, and yet, oftentimes we don... SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL What I would say to young entrepreneurs is there's so many moments in your life where you have t... HOWARD SCHULTZ They are called, "SELF-worth" and "SELF-esteem" for a reason... we can't let others decide what we a... JAEDA DEWALT A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of... RICHARD DAWKINS I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy par... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something i... COURTENEY COX There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't... BOBBY FISCHER I don't like facial hair, and I don't like kissing facial hair, as you cant find the lips. GOLDIE HAWN At the first parents' meeting I'll ask if there is anything I should know about a child. And I'll he... LISA STEARNS What people don't realize is that Tinder built a brand on more than the experience of the swipe. SAM YAGAN I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don... JOANNA NEWSOM What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are mo... FOSTER FRIESS Parents make tough calls every single day, and part of being a parent is knowing that sometimes the ... WANDA BETHEA Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they... 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VIRGINIA WOOLF It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. VIRGINIA WOOLF Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeate... VIRGINIA WOOLF This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to... VIRGINIA WOOLF On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points. VIRGINIA WOOLF A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become... VIRGINIA POSTREL Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel ... VIRGINIA POSTREL The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part ... VIRGINIA FOXX Adult stem cells tend not to form tumors. VIRGINIA FOXX Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we... VIRGINIA POSTREL The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out. VIRGINIA POSTREL The goal of socialism is a fairer allocation of economic resources, which its advocates often claim ... VIRGINIA POSTREL Socialism is about claims of justice, and it is also about money: about wealth, income, physical and... VIRGINIA POSTREL Average Americans order nonfat decaf iced vanilla lattes at Starbucks and choose from 1,500 drawer p... VIRGINIA POSTREL When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazing... VIRGINIA WOOLF The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. VIRGINIA FOXX When 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' premiered on the WB Network in 1996, American culture was in... VIRGINIA POSTREL Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft... VIRGINIA FOXX Before it became a ubiquitous part of urban life, Starbucks was, in most American cities, a radicall... VIRGINIA POSTREL The glamour of twentieth-century air travel helped to persuade once-fearful travelers to take to the... VIRGINIA POSTREL The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before ... VIRGINIA POSTREL From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour.... VIRGINIA POSTREL The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban... VIRGINIA POSTREL Language is wine upon the lips. VIRGINIA WOOLF Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. VIRGINIA WOOLF I felt like a failure, like somehow my self-worth was tied to my ability to procreate. I didn't ... VIRGINIA WILLIAMS Clothing creates the illusion that bodies fit an aesthetically pleasing norm. And that illusion depe... VIRGINIA POSTREL Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and ... VIRGINIA POSTREL A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it mu... VIRGINIA WOOLF Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the fi... VIRGINIA WOOLF Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. VIRGINIA WOOLF Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figu... VIRGINIA WOOLF Lessons learned today, I am my greatest champion. Nobody will respect me unless I stand up for mysel... VIRGINIA TOOLE It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by c... VIRGINIA WOOLF