Words of Inspiration and Motivation
"When we strengthen families, we ultimately strengthen the community. Our goal is that parents everywhere work with supportive providers, feel confident in their parenting role, and form strong, resilient attachments with their children. To help achieve this, providers must be responsive to parents, knowledgeable about child development, and eager to see every parent succeed." T.Berry Brazelton
"Every time you give a parent a sense of success or of empowerment, you're offering it to the baby indirectly. Because every time a parent looks at that baby and says 'Oh, you're so wonderful,' that baby just bursts with feeling good about themselves." T. Berry Brazelton"Poverty must not be a bar to learning, learning must offer an escape to poverty." L. B. Johnson
” Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private" L.B Johnson
Great work, Theresa! T. Berry Brazelton coined it so beautifully when he said parents’ goal is to work with supportive providers and providers must be knowledgeable. Knowledge is power as such steps must be taken to improve the knowledge base of our personnel because they are our front liners so they are always in that position where they are required to interact with our parents. Bearing in mind that the first impression counts; we must take measures to ensure that our providers continue to be informed and educated.
ReplyDeleteI love these quotes, I wish any one who works with children can remember these words everyday. Then it will eleminate lots of complaining by both sides,(parents and teachers)and they all will work for the best of the children.
ReplyDeleteTheresa, I love the way you captured the quotes and motivation, inspiration in each of the individuals you have researched
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