There is still quite the vibe out there that as a parent you have to be completely in control and in charge.

No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework and then go to bed.

Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.

It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.

We have forgotten that those skills on the more positive side of human nature have to be taught, have to be modeled, have to be practiced.

My advice to educators is collaborate with parents; they know a lot about their kids.

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

Solutions can't be imposed. That just fosters resentment.

Thinking you've had depression makes about as much sense as thinking you've been run over by a bus. Trust me - you know when you've got depression.

When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its power.

We were hunter-gatherers of information, and we moved from that to becoming farmers and cultivators of information.

Everyone has this universal understanding of roommate drama.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today.

I really do believe that the Jesuit system is better for a country.

We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]

Understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.

John Jones may be described as 'one of the has beens'.