Louise Bates Ames Quotes

Your typical Six-year-old is a paradoxical little person, and bipolarity is the name of his game.

Fives feel so close to their mothers that they sometimes overestimate her ability to read their minds. They are often quick and a little impatient and don’t always give all the necessary clues as to what they are talking about. Then they tend to be quite angry if she doesn’t pick up on their story at once. It takes a quick wit to be a mother.

Enquanto a criança de oito anos é muito exigente consigo mesma, ela também é difícil com os outros. Ela pode ser briguenta e agressiva com as pessoas, especialmente a mãe".

How old was I before I realized there were other places besides right here?” Seven

Eight-year-olds are quite normally all mixed up with their mothers. The mother-child relationship at this age is one of the strongest, deepest, most demanding, and yet most tangled to date.

There is hardly anything in the world more exciting than something which is on the verge of becoming.

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Avoid getting all upset by your child’s demands and rigidities. Try to see these behaviors not as badness or rebellion but rather as immaturity. Try to appreciate the wonder and complexity of growing behavior, even when it makes trouble for you.