Ali Shukoohy

“Parental criticism is unhelpful. It creates anger and resentment. Even worse, children who are regularly criticized learn to condemn themselves and others. They learn to doubt their own worth and to belittle the value of others. They learn to suspect people and to expect personal doom.”
― Haim G. Ginott, Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated

“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.”
― Haim G. Ginott

“Empathy, a parent's ability to understand what a child is feeling, is an important and valuable ingredient of child rearing.”
― Haim G. Ginott, Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated

“Like a trained surgeon who is careful where he cuts, parents, too, need to become skilled in the use of words. Because words are like knives. They can inflict, if not physical, many painful emotional wounds.”
― Haim G. Ginott, Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated