"How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them."

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Source : Alfie Kohn (2006). “Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

Alfie Kohn

#Kids Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Important Quotes

“Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.”
“It's like being a newborn, this sudden sensory overload of noise, color, smells and gravity after months of quietly floating, encased in relative calm and isolation. No wonder babies cry in protest when they're born.”
“I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.”
“Living in memories is an empty gesture.”
“When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.”

Source : Interview with David L. Ulin, latimesblogs.latimes.com. February 6, 2011.
“To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.”
“I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.”
“As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world.”

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