Encouragement.

It may be free but it is invaluable.

The German writer Goethe once said...

Treat people as if they are what they ought to be

and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.

I tried very hard to be encouraging to my children, telling them they could do

whatever they set their minds to.

Perhaps it's why there is so much crime among young people today.

Perhaps they were not encouraged enough...