Commit Quote by Andrew Solomon

From the way children are treated society can be judged.

— Pope Francis

When we use punishment, our children are robbed of the opportunity to develop their own inner discipline-the ability to act with integrity, wisdom, compassion,…

— Barbara Coloroso

Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can…

— Edward Humes

Students being miseducated, criminalized and arrested through a form of penal pedagogy in prison-type schools provide a grim reminder of the degree to which…

— Henry Giroux

“Can forgivenes for the crimes done to a child be not just ineffective but actively harmful? It certainly can because the body does not…

— Alice Miller

“Probably every child who has suffered abuse must assume an attitude like this in order to survive. These children reinterpret their perceptions in a…

— Alice Miller

“So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet…

— Rebecca Eanes

The essence of justice is mercy. Making a child suffer for wrong-doing is merciful to the child. There is no mercy in letting the…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

We are still barely conscious of how harmful it is to treat children in a degrading manner. Treating them with respect and recognizing the…

— Alice Miller

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime…

— Maria Montessori

People are swept into the criminal justice system - particularly in poor communities of color - at very early ages... typically for fairly minor,…

— Michelle Alexander

There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison.…

— George Bernard Shaw