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

The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior.

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

In education, parody is obsolete.

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.

To control students is to force them to accommodate to a preestablished curriculum.

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