“Words That Bruise or Build”
Precious Children Publications

“It takes approximately thirteen positives to negate one negative.”

“If we experience massive amounts of criticism while growing up, it will train us to believe the only way to make people better is to criticize them.”

“All around us we are continually being told how difficult adolescents and teenagers are. We begin to believe it. They begin to believe it.”

“We are created to love and relate to other people, and the better our self-esteem, the better our ability to do that. Very few children are really lazy, clumsy, unskilled (for their age), or stupid. But many think they are because they are told.”