How teachers interact with students can have damaging effects on students' self-esteem, which is quite often the antecedent to students' disruptive behaviours in the classroom. The purpose of this article is to encourage teachers to take the initiative step toward improving their classroom climate by identifying their response styles and types of classrooms. The types of misbehaviour of students and teachers are identified. Specific classroom management strategies and leading authors in behavioural theories are closely examined. The premise is that teachers need to monitor their behaviours when interacting with students during instructional activities, and students need to be taught how to behave.