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“Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions,…” quote by Alfie Kohn — Download Open image

“Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.”

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If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

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If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

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Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.

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Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her position of…

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I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps.

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