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> [During the latency years, American children need experiences that promote academic talents, a sense of responsibility, and most important, a belief that they can attain the goals valued by self and community. They need reassurance that these goals are attainable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/during-the-latency-years-american-children-need-experiences-that/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

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## More by Jerome Kagan

> [At each stage of development the child needs different resources from the family. During the first year, a variety of experience and the availability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/at-each-stage-of-development-the-child-needs-different-resources-from/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [Genes and family may determine the foundation of the house, but time and place determine its form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/genes-and-family-may-determine-the-foundation-of-the-house-but-time/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [Well, if you can't then write in the press or put on television the importance of parents changing what they're doing, then the safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/well-if-you-can-t-then-write-in-the-press-or-put-on-television-the/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [No one has found a gene for IQ. "Heritability" means that identicial twins are more similar than fraternal twins, right? Fraternal twins more similar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/no-one-has-found-a-gene-for-iq-heritability-means-that-identicial/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [The fundamental problem is that the gap in educational achievement, which is a key in our technological economy, is due in my opinion -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/the-fundamental-problem-is-that-the-gap-in-educational-achievement/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [All the work on heritability was never based on looking at genes; it was based on the similarity between identical twins or between parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/all-the-work-on-heritability-was-never-based-on-looking-at-genes-it/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [During the latency years, American children need experiences that promote academic talents, a sense of responsibility, and most important, a belief that they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/during-the-latency-years-american-children-need-experiences-that/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [After hunger, a human's most important need is to know what is virtuous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/after-hunger-a-human-s-most-important-need-is-to-know-what-is-virtuous/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [We don't want to blame the victim. The civil rights movement had a profound effect on the United States and on the American mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/we-don-t-want-to-blame-the-victim-the-civil-rights-movement-had-a/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [Although humans inherit a biological bias that permits them to feel anger, jealousy, selfishness and envy, and to be rude, aggressive or violent, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/although-humans-inherit-a-biological-bias-that-permits-them-to-feel/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

> [Genes do make a contribution to the IQ score - but a flower needs soil. The environment for poor people is so overwhelmingly powerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/genes-do-make-a-contribution-to-the-iq-score-but-a-flower-needs-soil/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

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