“For a very long time, ever since men formed societies in which some people bossed others, children have fulfilled this very important… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
It's not that I feel that school is a good idea gone wrong, but a wrong idea from the word go. It's… — John Holt Education Copy Share Image
“Real social change is a process that takes place over time, usually quite a long time. At a given moment in history,… — John Holt Change Copy Share Image
“Only to the degree that people have what they need, that they are healthy and unafraid, that their lives are varied, interesting,… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
“Every adult parent, however lowly or powerless, had at least some one that he could command, threaten, and punish. No man was… — John Holt Parenting Copy Share Image
“he said: (1) accept yourself, (2) forget yourself, (3) find something to do and to care about that is more important to… — John Holt Accept yourself Copy Share Image
“The book will be a demonstration that children, without being coerced or manipulated, or being put in exotic, specially prepared environments, or… — John Holt Books Copy Share Image
We destroy the love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
“It is not the teacher's proper task to be constantly testing and checking the understanding of the learner. That's the learner's task,… — John Holt Education Copy Share Image
A child whose life is full of the threat and fear of punishment is locked into babyhood. There is no way for… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
“The only thing to do was to turn off the questions and watch - like a child. Take it all in. See… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
“Of all I saw and learned this past half year, one thing stands out. What goes on in the class is not… — John Holt Psychology Copy Share Image
“Incompetence has one other advantage. Not only does it reduce what others expect and demand of you, it reduces what you expect… — John Holt Old saying Copy Share Image
No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest… — John Holt Amount Copy Share Image
“There is no reason why a child, living in every other way as a dependent of his parents, could not and should… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
To trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves...and most of us were taught as children that we could not be… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have noticed that the child who learns quickly is adventurous. She's ready to run risks. She approaches life… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
We who believe that children want to learn about the world, are good at it, and can be trusted to do it… — John Holt Children Copy Share Image
“Books ... rarely, if ever, talk about what children can make of themselves, about the powers that from the day or moment… — John Holt Book Copy Share Image
