The Search For A Personal Identity Is

I Can Be A Tool Of Torture Or An Instrument Of Inspiration. I Can Humiliate Or Heal. In All Situations, It Is My Response That Decides Whether A Crisis Will Be Escalated Or De-escalated And A Child Humanized Or Dehumanized.

Adolescence Can Be A Time Of Turmoil And Turbulence, Of Stress And Storm. Rebellion Against Authority And Against Convention Is To Be Expected And Tolerated For The Sake Of Learning And Growth.

How Can We Help A Child Change From Undependable To Dependable, From A Mediocre Student To A Capable Student, From Someone Who Won't Amount To Very Much To Someone Who Will Count For Something. The Answer Is At Once Both Simple And Complicated: We Treat A Child As If He Already Is What We Would Like Him To Become.

A Modern Teacher Educates Children To Value Their Emotions.

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.