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When Children Feel Understood, Their Loneliness And Hurt Diminish. When Children Are Understood, Their Love For Their Parent Is Deepened. A Parent's Sympathy Serves As Emotional First Aid For Bruised Feelings. When We Genuinely Acknowledge A Child's Plight And Voice Her Disappointment, She Often Gathers The Strength To Face Reality.

I've Come To The Frightening Conclusion That I Am The Decisive Element In The Classroom. It's My Personal Approach That Creates The Climate. It's My Daily Mood That Makes The Weather. As A Teacher, I Possess Tremendous Power To Make A Student's Life Miserable Or Joyous. I Can Be A Tool Of Torture Or An Instrument Of Inspiration. I Can Humiliate Or Humor, Hurt Or Heal. In All Situations It Is My Response That Decides Whether A Crisis Will Be Escalated Or De-escalated And A Student Humanized Or De-humanized.

To Sense When A Teenager Needs Understanding And When Misunderstanding Is A Difficult And Delicate Task. The Sad Truth Is That No Matter How Wise We Are, We Cannot Be Right For Any Length Of Time In Our Teenagers' Eyes.

If We Treat People As They Are, We Make Them Worse. If We Treat People As They Ought To Be, We Help Them Become What They Are Capable Of Becoming.

The Search For A Personal Identity Is The Life Task Of A Teenager.