"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"
- Ellen Muth
About this Quote
This quote by Ellen Muth speaks with the significance of enabling children to take dangers and make errors. The speaker's mom was worried that the potential rejection of a specific activity would damage the speaker's self-confidence, but her daddy was more open to the idea of letting her give it a go. This quote suggests that the father was more willing to let the speaker take threats and gain from her errors, instead of shielding her from possible failure. This is an important lesson for moms and dads to bear in mind, as it is very important to enable children to take dangers and learn from their errors in order to build durability and self-confidence. By permitting children to take dangers, parents can assist them establish the abilities and confidence they require to be successful in life.
This quote is written / told by Ellen Muth somewhere between March 6, 1981 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA.
The author also have 15 other quotes.
"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats"
"On the day I was born, or possibly on one of the following days, my father went on a walk in the forested hills and thought of a name for me. His first son was called Daniel, and Samuel in memory of one of his forefathers"
