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Virginia Satir
American
Psychologist
Born:
Jun 26
,
1916
Died:
Sep 10
,
1988
Define
Makes
Parenting
Parents
People
Unresolved
Related authors:
Abraham Maslow
Angela Duckworth
B. F. Skinner
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Phil McGraw
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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Virginia Satir
People
Other
Define
Must
Perceptions
Allow
Limited
Us
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
Virginia Satir
Sad
Parenting
Word
Parents
Gesture
Action
Every
Some
About
Parent
Facial
Gives
Part
Message
Messages
Self-Worth
Child
Sending
Realize
Many
Expression
We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
Virginia Satir
Love
Day
Survival
Maintenance
HUGS
Growth
Need
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Virginia Satir
Family
Communication
Worth
Nurturing
Feelings
Mistakes
Differences
Rules
Kind
Atmosphere
Only
Individual
Open
Where
Flexible
Tolerated
Found
Flourish
Appreciated
Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
Virginia Satir
Life
You
Way
Supposed
Makes
Difference
Cope
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
Virginia Satir
People
World
Teen
Monsters
Adolescent
Adult
Make
Learn
Sure
How
Trying
Just
Themselves
Who
Among
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
Virginia Satir
Parenting
Past
Incomplete
Parent
Unresolved
Individual
Part
Becomes
His
Lingers
Irrational
Often
Her
We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
Virginia Satir
Brainy
Believe
Something
Something New
New
Learn
Anytime
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