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 crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. — 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 climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make… — 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
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
“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
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
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
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
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. — Haim Ginott Copy Share
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
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
Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us. — Haim Ginott Copy Share
When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves… — Haim Ginott Copy Share
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… — Haim Ginott Copy Share
