Things Parents 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