Behavior Quote by 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 a child's needs fail to be met, undesirable behaviors may surface.”

— Amy Fenton Lee

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting…

— Ross W. Greene

“Children parented in such a manner never come up against the necessary frustration that accompanies facing the impossible. They are deprived of the experience…

— Gordon Neufeld

“They are not born reasonable and unselfish; they are born unreasonable and selfish. They want what they want when they want it, and they…

— Thomas W. Phelan

“The trouble with child training is that parents teach their children not how to behave, but how not to behave.”

— Evan Esar

“When a child isn't allowed to deal with his frustrations on his own—to cry, for instance, then to handle the situation, and then to…

— Susan Forward

“When possible, try to reward a child's good behavior, instead of punishing their bad behavior. Perhaps give them surprise IOUs for an 'extra 15…

— Nancy Lavoie

The shift from the perception of the child as innocent to the perception of the child as competent has greatly increased the demands on…

— David Elkind

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

— Ross W. Greene

“One of the smart behaviors for the readers is, challenging yourself. Which means the determination of the reader to finish a certain amount of…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once…

— Emily Post