Haim Ginott quotes

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. (Haim Ginott)
Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming. View quote
Haim Ginott
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. View quote
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Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults. View quote
Haim Ginott
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. View quote
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. View quote
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I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is 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 humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, a child humanized or de-humanized. View quote
Haim Ginott