What Parents Say

"I let my daughter take care of more and more what is hers and every day she grows stronger and more responsible. The pride I feel as a parent is immeasurable. I still take care of things I need to, but she is becoming more independent in her actions, thoughts, and ideas."

"I want Alex to grow up feeling that he has internal intrinsic self-esteem. It is our job as parents to help foster this. The only way to do this is to use the four key principles."

"I have changed my approaches with my children at home. The idea of ‘Whose responsibility is it?’ has really hit home with me. With my children, it often seemed easier to just do some things for them rather than wait for it to be completed. I realize that by doing things for him, I was hurting his self-esteem and I have been trying much harder to make sure I do that as little as possible."

"I have learned a language; a new way of thinking and tools for communicating with both my children, to help them understand emotions they're having; to help them express themselves; to help them deal with responsibilities, and with errors that they make."

"If my children make a mistake, or an error, and they're very upset and they don't even want to accept that they made a mistake or they're ashamed that they made a mistake, I feel like I have the tools to talk them through that and help them see things in a different light."

"Sue Teel has articulated an approach, a way of thinking about self-esteem, that's different from the mainstream, from what I grew up with, from everything I thought. It's so common sense. I just think what she’s done is amazing."

"I had a child that was just falling apart. Sue Teel gave me ideas for a consequence and reward behavior program and we implemented it -- at school with her teacher and at home. I didn't think she would be able to do it. It was amazing. Within days her behavior had turned around. Her life has changed 180 degrees. Sue’s got it right."