You acquire more influence with young people when you give up using your power to control them...and the more you use your power to try to control people the less influence you'll have on their lives. — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
You acquire more influence with young people when you give up using your power to control them...and the more you use your power to… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
“Readers who have owned animals will appreciate how difficult it would be to train a dog to play exclusively in his own yard, to… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
It is one of those simple but beautiful paradoxes of life: When a person feels that he is truly accepted by another, as he… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
An adolescent does not rebel against her parents. She rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on nonpower… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
“Parents can raise children who are responsible, self-disciplined, and cooperative without relying on the weapon of fear; they can learn how to influence children… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
“But what if your kid runs into the street in front of a car? Don't you have to use Method I?" ... If a… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
An adolescent does not rebel against his parents. He rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on non-power… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
We know that when people learn to communicate effectively with each other, their lives and their relationships can be truly transformed. This book gives… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
Most parents hate to experience conflict, are deeply troubled when it occurs, and are quite confused about how to handle it constructively. Actually, it… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
True honour is an attachment to honest and beneficent principles, and a good reputation; and prompts a man to do good to others, and… — Thomas Gordon Copy Share Image
