Points to Ponder (100 Words or less) parenting style
"Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve." (14) ~Roger Lewin (as quoted by @AutismTips on Twitter).
"Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve." (14) ~Roger Lewin (as quoted by @AutismTips on Twitter).
My friend Michelle Luce sent me an article she wrote on this topic today. In it she shares the following quote. “But if you gush over mediocrity, there’s no way to distinguish truly outstanding. If the losers get the same trophies as the winners, what’s the point of even trying?”http://changingminds.org/articles/articles11/why_giving_trophy.htm ~Lisa Earle McLeod
“If everyone is leading, no one is.” (7)
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. (24) ~Ashley Hess
"It's not about how much time I have left, it's about how I spend the time I do have left." ~Ed Dobson (22)
"It is not enough to have the courage of your convictions, but you must also have the courage to have your convictions challenged." (emphasis his) ~Christopher Phillips
It is more important to teach people how to think than it is to teach them what to think.(19) ~Jon Richey
"Punting on feedback makes the (inevitable) truth that much harder to take." (12) ~Kaja Perina
"I realized people prefer to define us by what we do rather than take the time to discover who we are. Titles serve a quicker fix, which allows people to classify us without actually understanding us." (36) ~Kary Oberbrunner in Your Secret Name.
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