Creativity Stands At The Center Of All

Punishment May Make Us Obey The Orders We Are Given, But At Best It Will Only Teach An Obedience To Authority, Not A Self-control Which Enhances Our Self-respect.

The Goal In Raising One's Child Is To Enable Him, First, To Discover Who He Wants To Be, And Then To Become A Person Who Can Be Satisfied With Himself And His Way Of Life. Eventually He Ought To Be Able To Do In His Life Whatever Seems Important, Desirable, And Worthwhile To Him To Do; To Develop Relations With Other People That Are Constructive, Satisfying, Mutually Enriching; And To Bear Up Well Under The Stresses And Hardships He Will Unavoidably Encounter During His Life.

To Be A Good Enough Parent One Must Be Able To Feel Secure In One's Parenthood, And One's Relation To One's Child...the Security Of The Parent About Being A Parent Will Eventually Become The Source Of The Child's Feeling Secure About Himself.

A Child... Who Has Learned From Fairy Stories To Believe That What At First Seemed A Repulsive, Threatening Figure Can Magically Change Into A Most Helpful Friend Is Ready To Believe That A Strange Child Whom He Meets And Fears May Also Be Changed From A Menace Into A Desirable Companion.

Television Captures The Mind But Does Not Liberate It. A Good Book At Once Stimulates And Frees The Mind.