Krissy Pozatek > Quotes

“At an emotional level, we feel that things should be happy and when things are difficult or painful, something is wrong. According to the Buddhist teachings this is what causes suffering.”
― Krissy Pozatek, Brave Parenting: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children

“Once parents mourn the loss of the life they wished for their child, they can accept and meet their child where he or she is today.”
― Krissy Pozatek, Brave Parenting: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Raising Emotionally Resilient Children

“Lacking the essential internal resources necessary for adult life: problem-solving, delayed gratification, internal motivation, resiliency, emotional regulation, and self-discipline. Many of these kids may even feel out of control. lily As soon as Lily, who’d just turned seventeen, stepped off the truck and into the wilderness-therapy program, she sat down on the side of the road: “I’m just going to wait until my mom and dad come to get me,” she said. “Because this must be a mistake. My parents would never send me to a wilderness”
― Krissy Pozatek, The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment

“delay gratification, learn self-awareness, regulate their emotions, communicate effectively, and become resilient.”
― Krissy Pozatek, The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment

“Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.”11”
― Krissy Pozatek, The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment

“Parents, in essence, have to train themselves to sidestep their child’s schemes by avoiding content, and moving toward real dialogue, or sharing feelings.”
― Krissy Pozatek, The Parallel Process: Growing Alongside Your Adolescent or Young Adult Child in Treatment