“You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are terrific kids. They're poor, maybe their families are broken, so they're not coming home to a mom and dad and a nice dinner every night. But these kids are capable.” StoriesHomeKidsNightPoorNiceBrokenMomDadTerribleCapableDinnerComing HomeEvery NightTerrificMom And Dad Author:Rafe Esquith
“Most of us have participated in the trust exercise in which one person falls back and is caught by a peer. Even if the catch is made a hundred times in a row, the trust is broken forever if the friend lets you fall the next time as a joke. Even if he swears he is sorry and will never let you fall again, you can never fall back without a seed of doubt.” IfsPersonsMadeFallNextForeverDoubtBrokenExerciseJokesHundredSorryCaughtSeedsSwearPeersNext TimeFall Back Author:Rafe Esquith
