The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) / quote 8 of 203

Letting our son's personality emerge

We decided to relax and get out of his way and let his own personality emerge. We saw our natural role as being to affirm, enjoy, and value him. We also conscientiously worked on our motives and cultivated internal sources of security so that our own feelings of worth were not dependent on our children’s “acceptable” behavior.

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