“You acquire more influence with young people when you give up using your power to control them...and the more you use your power to try to control people the less influence you'll have on their lives.” PeopleGivingTryingUseYoungInfluenceGiving UpAcquire Author:Thomas Gordon
“An adolescent does not rebel against her parents. She rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on nonpower methods to influence their children from infancy on, there would be little for children to rebel against when they become adolescents. The use of power to change the behavior of children, then, has this severe limitation: parents inevitably run out of power, and sooner than they think.” IfsThinkingChildrenLittlesDoeWould BeRunningParentPowerPsychologyInfluenceMethodParentingInevitableRelyRebelAdolescenceRaising ChildrenInfancyTeaching Children Author:Thomas Gordon
