Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are peopl…

Alfie Kohn
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Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2006). Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community, 10th Anniversary Edition, p.81, ASCD
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Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously. ✨ Alfie Kohn (2006). Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community, 10th Anniversary Edition, p.81, ASCD

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