Gordon Neufeld Quotes
Unconditional parental love is the indespensible nutrient for the child's healthy emotional growth. The first task is to create space in the child's heart for the certainty that she is precisely the person the parents want and love. She does not have to do anything or be any different . . . Read more

-Gordon Neufeld
The key to activating maturation is to take care of the attachment needs of the child. To foster independance we must first invite dependance; to promote individuation we must provide a sense of belonging and unity; to help the child separate we must assume the responsibility for keep . . . Read more

-Gordon Neufeld
Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.

-Gordon Neufeld
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In thousands of little ways, we pull and push our children to grow up, hurrying them along instead of inviting them to rest. We could never court each other as adults by resisting dependance...Perhaps we feel free to invite the dependance of adults becuase we are not responsible for t . . . Read more

-Gordon Neufeld
Soliciting good intentions in older children involves sharing with them your own values or finding within them the seeds of your values.

-Gordon Neufeld
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