"Parents have to work at their relationships with their kids; they have to be there for them, they cannot phone or fax it in."

"Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos."

"If one child feels threatened, alone or disconnected, then all children are not safe."

"It's time to think outside of the box, to give up our notions of remote control. Children and adolescents should do instead of being done to."

"We don't want to remind kids about their baggage. We want to help them understand that if they want to move forward in life, they must pick up their baggage and carry it with them."

"You do what you need to do. I'll go to the wall for a kid."

"All kids can succeed and learn, but not all on the same day in the same way."

"Always try a different approach with kids because all kids are different."

"Relationships to young people are as important as location is to real estate."

"Life can throw you a curve, but life's life."

"It is much more cost effective to give a young person the skills, training and self-confidence to become a productive, taxpaying citizen than to lock them up at $33,000 a year!"

"You've got to work with what you have and make it work for you."