You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to grow up and resent you or, even worse, parent the way you parented them.
Alfie KohnSaying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.
Alfie KohnThe value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior.
Alfie KohnAssessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students.
Alfie Kohn