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.

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

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.

Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.

To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.

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

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