Richard Lavoie > Quotes

“An oft-heard exclamation in teachers’ lounges and school conferences is: “If she’d only try harder, she would do better.” In fact, the opposite is true. In actuality, If she only did better, she would try harder.”
― Richard Lavoie, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

“In order for a child to learn how to handle responsibility, he must be given responsibility to handle.”
― Richard Lavoie, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

“Parents cannot protect and guide without controlling and restricting. Children cannot become individuals without resisting and attacking. The process of child rearing is, therefore, inherently conflictual.”
― Richard Lavoie, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

“Adults need to come to understand that the child does not want any of our power. He merely wants some of his own.”
― Richard Lavoie, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

“All children wear a sign that says, ‘I want to be important NOW!’ Many of our problems with today’s youth arise because nobody reads the sign.” —REVEREND JESSE JACKSON”
― Richard Lavoie, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

“Poor school performance and productivity are temporary; motivation is permanent.”
― Richard Lavoie, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child