Wise Parents Know That Fighting A Teenager,

When A Child Hits A Child, We Call It Aggression. When A Child Hits An Adult, We Call It Hostility. When An Adult Hits An Adult, We Call It Assault. When An Adult Hits A Child, We Call It Discipline.

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.

Teenagers Crave Independence. The More Self-suf-ficient We Make Them Feel, The Less Hostile They Are Toward Us.

Each Of Us Carries Within Himself A Collection Of Instant Insults.

How Can We Help A Child Change From Undependable To Dependable, From A Mediocre Student To A Capable Student, From Someone Who Won't Amount To Very Much To Someone Who Will Count For Something. The Answer Is At Once Both Simple And Complicated: We Treat A Child As If He Already Is What We Would Like Him To Become.