T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
"When we strengthen families, we ultimately strengthen the community. Our goal is that parents everywhere work with supportive providers, feel confident in their parenting role, and form strong, resilient attachments with their children. To help achieve this, providers must be responsive to parents, knowledgeable about child development, and eager to see every parent succeed."
"Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply."
Lilian Katz, PhD
"Children, all children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences. This is also what scientists do-make sense of experiences by experimenting, by utilizing the scientific process. You can see this disposition even in babies. A 4-monthold will drop a spoon and watch as Grandma picks it up-over and over again. She is a scientist, testing her environment to see what happens. Our job, as adults who work with young children, is to make sure that we do not damage this disposition."
"Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the welfare of our children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else's child will perform it. If one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good life is also secured for all other people's children."
Sandy Escobido
"We as professionals in the Early Childhood Field have an opportunity to shape a child's life for the better and so that's what makes me passionate about this field."
Renatta M. Cooper
"...it's not all about you. You got to take your ego out of it and think about what's best for this child."
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