The Commandment To Refrain From Placing Blame

We Are Still Barely Conscious Of How Harmful It Is To Treat Children In A Degrading Manner. Treating Them With Respect And Recognizing The Consequences Of Their Being Humiliated Are By No Means Intellectual Matters; Otherwise, Their Importance Would Long Since Have Been Generally Recognized.

It Is Not True That Evil, Destructiveness , And Perversion Inevitably Form Part Of Human Existence, No Matter How Often This Is Maintained. But It Is True That We Are Daily Producing More Evil And, With It, An Ocean Of Suffering For Millions That Is Absolutely Avoidable. When One Day The Ignorance Arising From Childhood Repression Is Eliminated And Humanity Has Awakened, An End Can Be Put To This Production Of Evil.

The Child Has A Primary Need To Be Regarded And Respected As The Person He Really Is At Any Given Time, And As The Center - The Central Actor - In His Own Activity.

Regression To The Stage Of Early Infancy Is Not A Suitable Method In And Of Itself. Such A Regression Can Only Be Effective If It Happens In The Natural Course Of Therapy And If The Client Is Able To Maintain Adult Consciousness At The Same Time.

The Only Possible Recourse A Baby Has When His Screams Are Ignored Is To Repress His Distress, Which Is Tantamount To Mutilating His Soul, For The Result Is An Interference With His Ability To Feel, To Be Aware, And To Remember.