People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals.

To feel controlled is to lose interest.

Unconditional parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.

The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.

We can't value only what is easy to measure; measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning.

Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself.