I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming. — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment.… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them. — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
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… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't always easy… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
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… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal. — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
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