Emotional Integrity

"Raise your daughters with emotional integrity by helping them to be emotionally real to themselves and others. Honor all of her expressions of feelings. When she is a baby, this means understanding that she has to cry and fuss as she adjusts to her new world. When she is a toddler, it means knowing that her tantrums are a legitimate venting of her frustration - she is expressing herself in a healthy way. When she is a preteen and begins to withdraw from you or express anger toward you, it means understanding that she needs to separate from you as she moves towards adolescence."

-Virginia Beane Rutter, Celebrating Girls