Kim John Payne said this quote

Rest nurtures creativity, which nurtures activity. Activity nurtures rest, which sustains creativity. Each draws from and contributes to the other.

~ Kim John Payne

Children need time to become themselves--through play and social interaction. If you overwhelm a child with stuff--with choices and pseudochoices--before they are ready, they will only know one emotional gesture: More!

~ Kim John Payne

Consistency also teaches us that some things do not change, though we may wish they would. Not everything bends to our personal preferences.

~ Kim John Payne

What better reminder do we have than our kids of our own best selves, our less stressed and more carefree selves? In their silliness we see the echo of the way we used to be: when we were kids, yes, but also before we had kids, or even two weeks ago, before all of the stress of these year-end corporate meetings. Their joy, their infectious enthusiasm, their sense of mission as the poor dog is dressed in boxer shorts, cannot help but cajole you, and beckon you, to lighten up.

~ Kim John Payne