Permanently Dependent Child

Famous quotes containing the words permanently, dependent and/or child:

    After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on—have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear—what remains? Nature remains.
    Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    People who get through life dependent on other people’s possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
    Ben Elton (b. 1959)

    Excessive attention, even if it’s negative, is such a powerful “reward” to a child that it actually reinforces the undesirable behavior. You need to learn restraint, to respond to far fewer situations, to ask yourself questions like, “Is this really important?” “Could I let this behavior go?” “What would happen if I just wait?” “Could I lose by doing nothing?”
    Stanley Turecki (20th century)