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This quote is just one of 9 total Alfie Kohn quotes in our collection. Alfie Kohn is known for saying 'Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.' as well as some of the following quotes.
You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to grow up and resent you or, even worse, parent the way you parented them.
What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer? Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for decade.
You have to welcome their arguing with you, not to the point of disrespect, but if they are going to stand up for themselves, they need to learn to argue effectively.
Sometimes we have to put our foot down, ... but before we deliberately make children unhappy in order to get them to get into the car, or to do their homework or whatever, we need to weigh whether what we're doing to make it happen is worth the possible strain on our relationship with them.
This quote is just one of 9 total Alfie Kohn quotes in our collection. Alfie Kohn is known for saying 'Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.' as well as some of the following quotes.