Haim G. Ginott
Quotes by Haim G. Ginott
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Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.
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The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.
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Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.
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Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.
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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.
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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.
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Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.
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Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and tolerated for the sake of learning and growth.
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