I knew, even at eight, that the confusion of values thrust upon me by parents, teachers, other children, nannies, camp counselors, and others would only worsen as I grew up. The years would add complications and steer me into more… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
This, at last, was where things were as they ought to be. Everything was in its place -- the tree, the earth underneath, the rock, the moss. In autumn, it would be right; in winter under the snow, it would be perfect in its wintriness. Spring would come again and miracle within miracle would unfold, each at its special pace,… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share
Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal. — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of raising children… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
The two words that I've arrived at to describe what we all need to feel about ourselves, children and adults, in order to perceive ourselves accurately, are worthy and welcome. If you don't feel worthy and welcome, you really won't know what to do with yourself. You won't know how to behave in a world of other people. You won't… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share
We take it for granted that life is hard and feel lucky to have whatever happiness we get. We do not look upon happiness… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
The broader unquestioned premises upon which my own culture founded its view of the human condition, such as the one that Unhappiness is as… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
It is our genetic nature as a species to believe as young children that our parents and elders are right. We watch them to… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
Children need to see that they are assumed to be well-intentioned, naturally social people who are trying to do the right thing and who… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
Our parents, our tribesman, our authority figures, clearly expect us to be bad or anti-social or greedy or selfish or dirty or destructive or… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
I knew, even at eight, that the confusion of values thrust upon me by parents, teachers, other children, nannies, camp counselors, and others would… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
It's perfectly clear that the millions of babies, who are crying at this very moment, want unanimously to be next to a live body.… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
As a child I was attracted to Tarzan and everything that had to do with jungles. It seemed to me -- and this is… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
