Challenging Quotes by Ross W. Greene

People don't scream or swear or pout or sulk when there's compatibility. But most growth occurs when there's incompatibility. When it comes to resilience,…

— Ross W. Greene

School is very demanding these days.

— Ross W. Greene

“Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as one of…

— Ross W. Greene

A lot of parents aren't exactly sure how to go about solving a problem with a kid in a way that's mutually satisfactory -…

— Ross W. Greene

We never get to see that our kid is capable of solving problems on her own. We never start to build up the faith…

— Ross W. Greene

When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a…

— Ross W. Greene

Be your kid's collaborative partner, but also be a collaborative partner with the folks at school. Schools can be pretty unilateral too. Show them…

— Ross W. Greene

“Challenging behavior occurs when the demands and expectations being placed upon a child outstrip the skills he has to respond adaptively.”

— Ross W. Greene

“Whether a kid is sulking, pouting, whining, withdrawing, refusing to talk, crying, spitting, screaming, swearing, running out of the classroom, kicking, hitting, destroying property,…

— Ross W. Greene

“The school discipline program isn’t working for the kids who aren’t doing well and isn’t needed by the kids who are.”

— Ross W. Greene

“A kid shouldn't need a diagnosis to access help.”

— Ross W. Greene

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

— Ross W. Greene

People still look askance at a kid in the supermarket who's pitching a fit and think the parent is not sufficiently in control or…

— Ross W. Greene

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

— Ross W. Greene

We have forgotten that those skills on the more positive side of human nature have to be taught, have to be modeled, have to…

— Ross W. Greene