Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and to….

When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. ….

A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions..

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it..

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task..

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming..

While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts ….

When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's ….

The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager..

Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and….

Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us..

I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my experience that when parents….

Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other..

How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who won't amount to very m….

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modu….

I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a cris….

I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my ….

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequ….

To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise.

Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults..

Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal..