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> [The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And it tells us that for a family to need help--or at least to admit it publicly--is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/the-myth-of-the-self-sufficient-individual-and-of-the-self-sufficient/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

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> [Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children. The problem is not so much to reeducate parents but to make available the help they need and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/recognizing-that-family-self-sufficiency-is-a-false-myth-we-also-need/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

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## Other authors on Need help

## More by Kenneth Keniston

> [Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/today-s-parents-have-little-authority-over-those-others-with-whom/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/the-myth-of-the-self-sufficient-individual-and-of-the-self-sufficient/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Confronted with the unhappy facts of exclusion, we sometimes reassure ourselves by telling stories: the poor boys who made it, theblacks who became a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/confronted-with-the-unhappy-facts-of-exclusion-we-sometimes-reassure/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Within forty years of their arrival in the Plymouth colony, the first white settlers were afraid their children had lost the dedication and religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/within-forty-years-of-their-arrival-in-the-plymouth-colony-the-first/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals… The familybecame a special protected place,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/in-the-early-nineteenth-century-the-doctrine-of-self-sufficiency-came/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children. The problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/recognizing-that-family-self-sufficiency-is-a-false-myth-we-also-need/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/the-psychological-pain-and-the-ethical-shame-of-american-poverty-are/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Mothers work outside the home for many reasons; one of them is almost always because their families need their income to live up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/mothers-work-outside-the-home-for-many-reasons-one-of-them-is-almost/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/in-the-end-the-fate-of-children-depends-on-our-ability-to-use/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [One current reaction to change in families, for example, is the proposal for more "education for parenthood," on the theory that this training will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/one-current-reaction-to-change-in-families-for-example-is-the/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [The most important difference between these early American families and our own is that early families constituted economic unitsin which all members, from young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/the-most-important-difference-between-these-early-american-families/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead paint, rats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/poor-children-live-in-a-particularly-dangerous-world-an-urban-world/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Parents still have primary responsibility for raising children, but they must have the power to do so in ways consistent with their children's needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/parents-still-have-primary-responsibility-for-raising-children-but/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [In the past the intrinsic pleasures of parenthood for most American families were increased by the extrinsic economic return thatchildren brought. Today, parents have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/in-the-past-the-intrinsic-pleasures-of-parenthood-for-most-american/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

> [Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/despite-the-long-term-reduction-in-familial-roles-and-functions-we/)

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