Fame is a four-letter word; and like tape or zoom or face or pain or life or love, what ultimately matters is what we do with it. Fred Rogers More Quotes by Fred Rogers More Quotes From Fred Rogers I don't believe that children can develop in a healthy way unless they feel that they have value apart from anything they own or any skill that they learn. They need to feel they enhance the life of someone else, that they are needed. Who, better than parents, can let them know that? Fred Rogers skills believe children I like you just the way you are. Fred Rogers neighborhood i-like-you way It is our continuing love for our children that makes us want them to become all they can be, and their continuing love for us that helps them accept healthy discipline--from us and eventually from themselves. Fred Rogers discipline healthy children Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life. Fred Rogers who-you-are helping When we leave our child in nursery school for the first time, it won't be just our child's feelings about separation that we will have to cope with, but our own feelings as well-from our present and from our past, parents are extra vulnerable to new tremors from old earthquakes. Fred Rogers children past school For children, play is exceedingly seriously & important Fred Rogers important play children Hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are. Fred Rogers hopefully who-you-are choices More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another. Whether the other be an adult or a child, our engagement in listening to who that person is can often be our greatest gift. Whether that person is speaking or playing or dancing, building or singing or painting, if we care, we can listen. Fred Rogers often-is dancing children Parents find many different ways to work their way through the assertiveness of their two-year-olds, but seeing that assertiveness as positive energy being directed toward growth as a competent individual may open up some new possibilities. Fred Rogers two-year-olds parent years I went into television because I hated it so, and I thought,' there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen.' ... The whole idea is to look at the television camera and present as much love as you possibly could to a person who might feel that he or she needs it. Fred Rogers health-news Human beings need to feel that they are lovable and capable of loving. Fred Rogers loving human need feel One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. Fred Rogers gift child parent important The underlying message of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it's possible that you'll care about others. 'You are special, and so is your neighbor' - that part is essential: that you're not the only special person in the world. The person you happen to be with at the moment is loved, too. Fred Rogers moment you care world Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy. Fred Rogers deep important simple complicated If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then, I believe, we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what 'good' parenting means. Fred Rogers day good parenting children The number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three. 'I love you.' Isn't that wonderful? Fred Rogers say you i-love-you love The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human family. Fred Rogers feel strange family relationship Love isn't a perfect state of caring. It's an active noun, like 'struggle.' Fred Rogers caring struggle perfect love I think everybody longs to be loved and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving. Fred Rogers loving loved think know When we look for what's best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does, so in appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something truly sacred. Fred Rogers best look moment god
