The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportio…

Alfie Kohn
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The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2011). Feel-bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling, p.110, Beacon Press
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The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2011). Feel-bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling, p.110, Beacon Press

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