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“ But we should open our eyes to the many ways in which hypervigilance keeps them penned in from the more liberated life they deserve to live and that in turn would prepare them for adulthood. ”

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What is shaping the way we dream? Yes we dream of our selves, of what we will become, but it's the environment that tells us what is possible. I don't think our dreams are limitless; they are bounded by the society we live in and its conception of what is respectable and good.

~ Julie Lythcott-Haims

When you intervene on behalf of your child, your child becomes the victim. You're expressing the message 'You're incapable, you're not sturdy enough to resolve this yourself, you need me to come in and take care of this for you.' You are, in essence, disempowering your child.

~ Julie Lythcott-Haims

Resilience is built from real hardship and cannot be bought or manufactured.

~ Julie Lythcott-Haims

We’re depriving our kids of the chance to do the work of life for themselves.

~ Julie Lythcott-Haims