Jane Nelson

"Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?"

- Jane Nelson

"Mom has a massive sunflower for a soul so big there’s hardly any room in her for organs."

- Jane Nelson

"It is ironic that adults want children to control their own behavior when the adults have difficulty controlling their own behavior."

- Jane Nelson

"Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first, we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?"

- Jane Nelson