I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. . Haim G. Ginott
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  2. What do we say to a guest who forgets her umbrella? Do we run after her and say "What is the matter with you? Every time you come to visit you forget something. If it's not one thing it's another. Why can't you be like...
  3. Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.
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  5. Children become frustrated and resentful when they view their parents as not being interested “in how they feel and in their point of view.
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