"Hands constitute the infant’s first connection to the world .... Hands pick her up, lay her down, wash and dress and maybe even feed her. How different it can be, what a different picture of the world an infant receives when quiet, patient, careful yet secure and resolute hands take care of her - and how different the world seems when these hands are impatient, rough and hasty, unquiet and nervous. In the beginning hands are everything for an infant. The hands are the person, the world." ~Dr Emmi Pikler
"If a child's own needs were taken into account, every healthy child would be cheerful and calm." ~Dr Emmi Pikler
