Haim Ginott
Haim Ginott
Haim G. Ginottwas a school teacher, a child psychologist and psychotherapist and a parent educator. He pioneered techniques for conversing with children that are still taught today. His book, Between Parent and Child, stayed on the best seller list for over a year and is still popular today. This book sets out to give "specific advice derived from basic communication principles that will guide parents in living with children in mutual respect and dignity."...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionEducator
CountryIsrael
wise teenager fighting
Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.
insult comeback instant
Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.
teenager identity tasks
The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.
children heart skills
I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my experience that when parents are given the skills to be more helpful, not only are they able to use these skills, but they infuse them with a warmth and a style that is uniquely their own.
children real sleep
Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't always easy to distinguish between the two. A child has many real needs which can and should be satisfied. His wants are a bottomless pit. He wants, for example, to sleep with his parents. He needs to be in his own bed. At Christmas he wants every toy advertised on television. He needs only one or two.
teenager self independence
Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.
teenager anxiety insecurity
Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.
stress growth storm
Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and tolerated for the sake of learning and growth.
discipline pressure praise
To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise
parenting punishment opposites
Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.
children fall frustration
When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.
wise teenager eye
To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.
happy-mothers-day young-generation parent
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
teacher children emotion
A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.