Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but before we deliberately make children unhappy in order to get them to get into the car, or to do their homework or whatever, we need to weigh whether what we're doing to make it happen is worth the possible strain on our relationship with them.

If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but before we deliberately make children unhappy in order to get them to get into the car, or to do their homework or whatever, we need to weigh whether what we're doing to make it happen is worth the possible strain on our relationship with them.

The late W. Edwards Deming, guru of Quality management, once declared, 'The most important things we need to manage can't be measured.' If that’s true of what we need to manage, it should be even more obvious that it’s true of what we need to teach.

Contrary to what you think, your company will be a lot more productive if you refuse to tolerate competition among your employees.

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

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