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title: "1 Children Tend Quotes By Ellen Galinsky"
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> [In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/in-families-children-tend-to-take-on-stock-roles-as-if-there-were/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

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## More by Ellen Galinsky

> [There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is wary, watchful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/there-is-nothing-intrinsically-better-about-a-child-who-happily/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [Understanding child development takes the emphasis away from the child's character--looking at the child as good or bad. The emphasis is put on behavior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/understanding-child-development-takes-the-emphasis-away-from-the/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/cultural-expectations-shade-and-color-the-images-that-parents-to-be/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, of reliving childhood, of seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/parenthood-brings-profound-pleasure-and-satisfactions-the/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/it-gives-us-more-flexibility-so-we-can-do-more-but-it-also-creates/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/in-families-children-tend-to-take-on-stock-roles-as-if-there-were/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [If you never allow your children to exceed what they can do, how are they ever going to manage adult life - where a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/if-you-never-allow-your-children-to-exceed-what-they-can-do-how-are/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [Child care is an invisible part of the economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/child-care-is-an-invisible-part-of-the-economy/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [In a study that I just did, I found that it was older children, not younger children, who felt that they didn't have enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/in-a-study-that-i-just-did-i-found-that-it-was-older-children-not/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes seriousand studious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/the-colicky-baby-who-becomes-calm-the-quiet-infant-who-throws-temper/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

> [Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be acting differently.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/often-when-there-is-a-conflict-between-parent-and-child-at-its-very/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

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