Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

Those who know they're valued irrespective of their accomplishments often end up accomplishing quite a lot. It's the experience of being accepted without conditions that helps people develop a healthy confidence in themselves, a belief that it's safe to take risks and try new things.

Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up; they should have the chance to live in one today.

When was the last time you spent the entire day with only 42 year olds?

When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.

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.