Child development talks Quote

The roots of a child’s emotional life are laid in the first three years - Dr Daniel Goleman
The core message here is that the fundamental architecture for how we handle emotions, our entire emotional operating system, is built in infancy and toddlerhood.

Child development talks Quote

Our children do not need to be made to feel bad to learn what is good - Marshall B. Rosenberg
At its core, this is about decoupling discipline from shame. It means that a child's moral development doesn't have to be built on a foundation of guilt, blame, or feeling fundamentally "bad."