Quotes from Haim Ginott

When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.

Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

If you want your children to improve let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

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.

While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children.

A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.

The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.

Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.

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.

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children.