The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.

Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them.

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequence: it affects personality for better or for worse.

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.