Wise Parents Quotes by Haim Ginott

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Haim Ginott has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the…
• Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.
• Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product…
• To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise
• I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is…
• A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.
• Only if a child feels right can he think right.
• Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.
• Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them.
• When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's…
• When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment.…
• The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.

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