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“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.”
― Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated
― Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated
“Children become frustrated and resentful when they view their parents as not being interested “in how they feel and in their point of view.”
― Between Parent and Child
― Between Parent and Child
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.”
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“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.”
― Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated
― Between Parent and Child: Revised and Updated
“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.”
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Ali’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ali’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
114 books
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407 friends
498 books
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45 friends
1 book
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4 friends
1 book
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6 friends
21 books
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28 friends
1 book
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7 friends
27 books
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3 friends
112 books
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18 friends
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