Jan Hunt Quotes:

Ignoring a baby's cry is like using earplugs to stop the distressing noise of a smoke detector. The sound of a smoke detector is meant to alert us to a serious matter that requires a response - and so is the cry of a baby.

source: - Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.34, New Society Publishers

Topics: Baby, Sound, Noise

Children raised with love and compassion will be free to use their time as adults in meaningful and creative ways, rather than expressing their childhood hurts in ways that harm themselves or others. If adults have no need to deal with the past, they can live fully in the present.

source: - Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.4, New Society Publishers

Topics: Meaningful, Hurt, Children

Toddlers ask many questions, and so do school children - until about grade three. By that time, many of them have learned an unfortunate fact, that in school, it can be more important for self-protection to hide one's ignorance about a subject than to learn more about it, regardless of one's curiosity.

source: - Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.115, New Society Publishers

Topics: Children, School, Ignorance, Toddler, Self Protection

While there are other parenting books with insight into childhood, Parenting from Your Heart goes a step further, showing parents how to put theory into practice with their own child in a realistic, compassionate and effective way. This book is worth its weight in gold!?

Topics: Children, Book, Communication

When we believe in our child fully, we trust that they are doing the very best they can at every moment, given their age, past experience and present circumstances. It is this kind of trust that I mean when I talk about parenting being on their child's side. Having someone dependably 'on their side' is absolutely critical if a child is to grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. If we aren't on their side, who will be?

Topics: Children, Believe, Mean

As a homeschooling parent, I have often wondered who learns more in our family, the parent or the child. The topic I seem to be learning the most about is the nature of learning itself.

source: - Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, p.113, New Society Publishers

Topics: Children, Parent, Homeschooling

It shouldn't hurt to be a child.

source: - Jan Hunt (2013). “The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart”, New Society Publishers

Topics: Hurt, Children