Children LEARN What They LIVE

By Dorothy Law Nolte, PHD



If Children live with CRITICISM
They learn to CONDEMN
If Children live with HOSTILITY
They learn to FIGHT
If Children live with FEAR
They learn to be APPREHENSIVE
If Children live with PITY
They learn to FEEL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES
If Children live with RIDICULE
They learn to FEEL SHY
If Children live with JEALOUSY
They learn to FEEL ENVY
If Children live with SHAME
They learn to FEEL GUILTY
If Children live with ENCOURAGEMENT
They learn CONFIDENCE
If Children live with TOLERANCE
They learn PATIENT
If Children live with PRAISE
They learn to APPRECIATION
If Children live with ACCEPTANCE
They learn to LOVE
If Children live with APPROVAL
They learn to LIKE THEMSELVES
If Children live with RECOGNITION
They learn IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A GOAL
If Children live with SHARING,
They learn GENEROSITY
If Children live with HONESTY
They learn TRUTHFULNESS
If Children live with FAIRNESS
They learn JUSTICE
If Children live with KINDNESS & CONSIDERATION
They learn RESPECT
If Children live with SECURITY
They learn to have FAITH IN THEMSELVES & IN THOSE ABOUT THEM
If Children live with FRIENDLINESS
They learn THE WORLD IS A NICE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE

HOW ARE YOUR CHILDREN?