“Kids bullied into obeying parents and teachers may resist – not because they’re ‘hard to handle’ but because they’ve been treated as a thing to be handled.”
"To take children seriously is to value them for who they are right now rather than adults-in-the-making."
- Alfie Kohn
Awareness
"I cherish the occasions when my daughter manages to do something for the first time, or does something better than she’s ever done it before. But I try to resist the knee-jerk tendency to say, ‘Good job!’ because I don’t want to dilute her joy. I want her to share her pleasure with me, not look to me for a verdict. I want her to exclaim, ‘I did it!’ (which she often does) instead of asking me uncertainly, ‘Was that good?’"
- Alfie Kohn
Motivation
"Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions."
- Alfie Kohn
Learning
"I cherish the occasions when my daughter manages to do something for the first time, or does something better than she's ever done it before. But I try to resist the knee-jerk tendency to say, 'Good job!' because I don't want to dilute her joy. I want her to share her pleasure with me, not look to me for a verdict. I want her to exclaim, 'I did it!' (which she often does) instead of asking me uncertainly, 'Was that good?"
- Alfie Kohn
Self-esteem
"The way kids learn to make good decisions is by making decisions, not following directions."
- Alfie Kohn
Education
"Employees engage with employers and brands when they’re treated as humans worthy of respect."
- Meghan M. Biro
Respect
"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."
- Henry David Thoreau
Respect
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept."
- David Hurley
Respect
"People get built different. We don’t have to figure it out. We just have to respect it."
- Princess Bubblegum
Respect
"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."
- Bryant McGill
Respect