Terry Real > Quotes

“There is no redeeming value in harshness. There is nothing that harshness does that loving firmness doesn't do better.”
― Terry Real, Fierce Intimacy: Standing Up to One Another with Love

“Family dysfunction rolls down from generation to generation like a fire in the woods, taking down everything in its path until one person in one generation has the courage to turn and face the flames. That person brings peace to their ancestors and spares the children that follow.”
― Terry Real, Relational Parenting, Raising Healthy Boys and Girls