John Holt

Quotes

• “A child whose life is full of the threat and fear of punishment is locked into babyhood. There is no way for him to grow...”
• “We can best help children learn, not by deciding what we think they should learn and thinking of ingenious ways to teach...”
• “It is hard not to feel that there must be something very wrong with much of what we do in school, if we feel the need to...”
• “If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing anyth...”
• “It's not that I feel that school is a good idea gone wrong, but a wrong idea from the word go. It's a nutty notion that ...”
• “What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a be...”