Engaging Families and Community
Mettle Child, Inc., is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable members of our community, children age 2 to 18 impacted by and susceptible to:
abandonment
addiction aggressive impulses authoritarian parents belittling coercion chronic illness crises criticism depression developmental disabilities disparagement domestic violence economic abuse emotional parentification exploitation family dissolution gang violence grief and loss |
harassment
homelessness homicidal ideations hospitalization hostility human sex trafficking ignominy impoverishment inadequate education, food, medical care incarceration incest instrumental parentification intimidation mental illness name calling neglect night terrors non-accidental physical injury permissive parents |
physical abuse
pornography post-traumatic stress disorder poverty psychological abuse ridicule running away self-harming sexual abuse shaming social isolation suicidal ideations threats touching, penetration, or fondling traumatic stress uninvolved parents unstable family life verbal harassment other victimizing ill-treatment |
Longsuffering
“Children Learn What They Live”
If children live with criticism,
They learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility,
They learn to fight.
If children live with fear,
They learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity,
They learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule,
They learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy,
They learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame,
They learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement,
They learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance,
They learn patience.
If children live with praise,
They learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance,
They learn to love.
If children live with approval,
They learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition,
They learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing,
They learn generosity.
If children live with honesty,
They learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness,
They learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration,
They learn respect.
If children live with security,
They learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness,
They learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
Copyright © 1972 by Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.
If children live with criticism,
They learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility,
They learn to fight.
If children live with fear,
They learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity,
They learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule,
They learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy,
They learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame,
They learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement,
They learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance,
They learn patience.
If children live with praise,
They learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance,
They learn to love.
If children live with approval,
They learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition,
They learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing,
They learn generosity.
If children live with honesty,
They learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness,
They learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration,
They learn respect.
If children live with security,
They learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness,
They learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
Copyright © 1972 by Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.