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You Cannot Have Sex Education Without Saying That Sex Is Natural And That Most People Find It Pleasurable.

The Good Enough Mother, Owing To Her Deep Empathy With Her Infant, Reflects In Her Face His Feelings; This Is Why He Sees Himselfin Her Face As If In A Mirror And Finds Himself As He Sees Himself In Her. The Not Good Enough Mother Fails To Reflect The Infant's Feelings In Her Face Because She Is Too Preoccupied With Her Own Concerns, Such As Her Worries Over Whether She Is Doing Right By Her Child, Her Anxiety That She Might Fail Him.

A Parent Who From His Own Childhood Experience Is Convinced Of The Value Of Fairy Tales Will Have No Difficulty In Answering His Child's Questions; But An Adult Who Thinks These Tales Are Only A Bunch Of Lies Had Better Not Try Telling Them; He Won't Be Able To Related Them In A Way Which Would Enrich The Child's Life.

While Criticism Or Fear Of Punishment May Restrain Us From Doing Wrong, It Does Not Make Us Wish To Do Right. Disregarding This Simple Fact Is The Great Error Into Which Parents And Educators Fall When They Rely On These Negative Means Of Correction. The Only Effective Discipline Is Self-discipline, Motivated By The Inner Desire To Act Meritoriously In Order To Do Well In One's Own Eyes, According To One's Own Values, So That One May Feel Good About Oneself May "have A Good Conscience.

No Longer Can We Be Satisfied With A Life Where The Heart Has Its Reasons Which Reason Cannot Know. Our Hearts Must Know The World Of Reason, And Reason Must Be Guided By An Informed Heart.