Every child wants — needs — to feel loved by both parents; that is the way a human beings comes to know that he is lovable, worthy of inhaling and exhaling, of walking the face of the Earth.
– Psychologist Hara Estroff Marano –

Let your child feel bad sometimes. He needs to experience both good and bad feelings and to know that feelings change, and how to express both kinds. Feeling bad is sometimes appropriate. And it’s not the end of the world.
– David Walsh PhD. (2007 p. 78) –