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We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a young wire walker at age 16, I didn't have feelings, I had certainties.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.

I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.

I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings.

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy - a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, and respond appropriately to one's own emotions and the emotions of others.