Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. Virginia Satir More Quotes by Virginia Satir More Quotes From Virginia Satir You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave feeling very grateful. Virginia Satir grateful development feelings I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context. Virginia Satir cells change people It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground. Virginia Satir parenting nice children The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth. Virginia Satir hug eight survival Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place in the individual family will be reflected in the kind of society that these families create. Virginia Satir training simple together I give life to that which I notice. What I don't notice dies. Virginia Satir dies giving I am me and I am okay. Virginia Satir recovery okay Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, "If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing." We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter. Virginia Satir support blessing giving Families and societies are small and large versions of one another. Both are made up of people who have to work together, whose destinies are tied up with one another. Each features the components of a relationship: leaders perform roles relative to the led, the young to the old, and male to female; and each is involved with the process of decision-making, use of authority, and the seeking of common goals. Virginia Satir destiny goal people Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain. Virginia Satir therapy deals pain You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive. Virginia Satir wells A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole. Virginia Satir observation growing body No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's. Virginia Satir being-unique fingerprints unique So much is asked of parents, and so little is given. Virginia Satir given parent littles My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology. Virginia Satir technology self-esteem dream Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. Virginia Satir adolescence stage easy Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible--the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nuturing family. Virginia Satir
