Ross W. Greene

“In the CPS model, holding a kid accountable means that the kid is participating in a process in which he’s identifying and…

— Ross W. Greene

Everybody is talking about the behavior. Behaviors float downstream to us. We need to paddle upstream. The problems that are causing the…

— Ross W. Greene

Being completely in control is a fantasy.

— Ross W. Greene

For a very long time, people have been saying to me, "What if you want to do this approach with every kid?"…

— Ross W. Greene

“The long-term answer to a kid not caring about your concerns is to care more about his.”

— Ross W. Greene

You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior…

— Ross W. Greene

It's so crucial to really get a good handle on what's getting in the way of the kid completing a homework assignment.…

— Ross W. Greene

Parents are much more likely to be attuned to what they don't like than they are to the expectations that the kid…

— Ross W. Greene

“When is challenging behavior most likely to occur? When the demands being placed on a kid exceed his capacity to respond adaptively.”

— Ross W. Greene

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to…

— Ross W. Greene

Most parents are accustomed to dealing with problems in the heat of the moment.

— Ross W. Greene

No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there…

— Ross W. Greene

The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the…

— Ross W. Greene