"I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.“

-Rosalind Wiseman

posted in positive

Rosalind Wiseman quote about positive: "I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want the..."

Other Quotes

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran."

-Rosalind Wiseman

technologyView Quote

"As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the best for their kid and it can be really, really hurtful."

-Rosalind Wiseman

teacherView Quote

"See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys."

-Rosalind Wiseman

"So many women keep their anger inside and let it build until they explode and then people blow them off again."

-Rosalind Wiseman

angerView Quote

"How sweet it is!"

-Jackie Gleason

migrate3View Quote

"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."

-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

migrate3View Quote

Same Category

More quotes in this category

"I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign."

-Jack Abramoff

positiveView Quote

"What none of the critics, positive or negative, grasped was that 'The Searchers' was a different kind of Western, something much darker and more disturbing than the usual fare."

-Glenn Frankel

positiveView Quote

"I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that."

-Katie Ledecky

positiveView Quote

"The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media."

-Garrett Graff

positiveView Quote

"Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could."

-Henrietta Szold

positiveView Quote

"Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge."

-Carl D. Anderson

positiveView Quote