Parents & Coaches, take note…

If children live with…

  1.  criticism, they learn to condemn.
  2. hostility, they learn to fight.
  3. they learn to be apprehensive.
  4. pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
  5. they learn to feel shy.
  6. they learn to feel envy.
  7. they learn to feel guilty.

However……if they live with…..

  1. encouragement, they learn confidence.
  2. tolerance, they learn patience.
  3. praise, they learn appreciation.
  4. acceptance, they learn to love.
  5. approval, they learn to like themselves.
  6. recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
  7. sharing, they learn generosity.
  8. honesty, they learn truthfulness.
  9. fairness, they learn justice.
  10. kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
  11. security, they learn to have faith in themselves….and in those about them.
  12. friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

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