HONEST PARENTING

'When we share our own vulnerabilities with our children, we send a powerful message to their brains that they are not alone in their own weakness.' 

Curt Thompson, The Soul of Shame, p.153. 

"JUST DO YOU BEST!"

'...possibly one of the least helpful things a parent can tell his or her child is "We only expect you to do your best." No one can do his or her best at everything, for no one has that much time and energy.' 

Curt Thompson, The Soul of Shame, p.151.

"THEY'RE NO TROUBLE!"

'The potential downside to never having anything to do with trouble in your family is the possibility that your family never suspects that trouble ever has anything to do with you.' 

Curt Thompson, The Soul of Shame, p.116.

HELL

'...is the counter echo of God's mandate that it is not good to be alone.'
Curt Thompson, The Soul of Shame, p.114.

OUR DESIRE TO BE DESIRED

'...all sin, all idolatry, all coping strategies in which I indulge are ways for me to satiate my hunger for relationship, my longing to be known and loved, my desire to be desired.' 

Curt Thompson, The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe about Ourselves, p.105.