Most parents are accustomed to dealing with problems in the heat of the moment.

No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework and then go to bed.

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.

It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.

We have forgotten that those skills on the more positive side of human nature have to be taught, have to be modeled, have to be practiced.

My advice to educators is collaborate with parents; they know a lot about their kids.

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

Solutions can't be imposed. That just fosters resentment.

A different and much deeper sort of beauty altogether. The thing and yet not the thing.

Sometimes milestones are not measured by the accomplishments of society, but by those of integrity.

Monsieur Beulier never engaged in thought except to speak the truth, and never spoke except to express his thought.

Every boss, if you are forgetting, is another human being made of bones and flesh and likes it when his ego gets stroked.

The good in this world far outweighs the evil. Our common humanity transcends our differences, and our most effective response to terror is compassion, it's unity, and it's love.

If you've got cool nails, you wake up and you're like, 'Oh, I'm happy now.'

Adversity is prosperity to those who possess a great attitude.

Be bold. Be kind. Be brave.

TRYING TO FILL THE empty SPACE i don't know if I will ever understand this Ache. Perhaps it is simpley and completely Love and what HAPPENS. at the end. Loss November 17, early morning