Katie Pummill

“It’s okay for your child to feel angry. It’s okay for him to be frustrated. Frustration helps him push through adversity, to focus and persevere till he gets it. There’s a maturity that comes from that. A child is not psychologically unhappy if he’s frustrated. He’s just experiencing an emotion in the moment, and if you help him push through, it will lead to more endurance, more stick-to-it-iveness, and the satisfaction of doing it himself.”
― Jo Frost, Jo Frost's Toddler Rules: Your 5-Step Guide to Shaping Proper Behavior

“One of my biggest fears is that school-age children end up getting labeled as having ADHD and are given medication when parents could have put in the early training that may have nipped these problems in the bud or at least made them less severe. I wonder how many children diagnosed with ADHD may not have a neurological condition but rather be suffering from a lack of time being put in on education in the early years to help develop those brain circuits and increase the ability to focus and concentrate.”
― Jo Frost, Jo Frost's Toddler Rules: Your 5-Step Guide to Shaping Proper Behavior

“And remember, while you compare yourself to others, convinced that if you could be like them you’d be happy and worthy, there is probably someone comparing them-selves to you, thinking the same. We are all somebody’s Susie.”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“Your child needs discipline, just like she needs food and water.”
― Jo Frost, Jo Frost's Toddler Rules: Your 5-Step Guide to Shaping Proper Behavior