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> [Two generations ago only a few unfortunate children ever saw anyone hit over the head with a brick, shot, rammed by a car, blown up, immolated, raped or tortured. Now all children, along with their elders, see such images every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/two-generations-ago-only-a-few-unfortunate-children-ever-saw-anyone/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

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## More by Penelope Leach

> [Whatever you do to your child's body, you are doing to your child's mind too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/whatever-you-do-to-your-child-s-body-you-are-doing-to-your-child-s/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [You know that your toddler needed love and approval but he often seemed not to care whether he got it or not and never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/you-know-that-your-toddler-needed-love-and-approval-but-he-often/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Guilt is the most destructive of all emotions. It mourns what has been while playing no part in what may be, now or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/guilt-is-the-most-destructive-of-all-emotions-it-mourns-what-has-been/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [For a small child there is no division between playing and learning; between the things he or she does 'just for fun' and things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/for-a-small-child-there-is-no-division-between-playing-and-learning/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [A baby who cannot relax can be helped to do so by a variety of constant rhythmical stimuli. it will work if the trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/a-baby-who-cannot-relax-can-be-helped-to-do-so-by-a-variety-of/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Your preschool child will chatter endlessly to you. If you half-listen and half-reply the whole conversation will seem, and become, tediously meaningless for both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/your-preschool-child-will-chatter-endlessly-to-you-if-you-half-listen/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Kids haven't changed much, but parents seem increasingly unhappy with the child raising phase of their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/kids-haven-t-changed-much-but-parents-seem-increasingly-unhappy-with/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Grown-up people do very little and say a great deal… Toddlers say very little and do a great deal… With a toddler you cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/grown-up-people-do-very-little-and-say-a-great-deal-toddlers-say-very/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [A preschool child does not emerge from your toddler on a given date or birthday. He becomes a child when he ceases to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/a-preschool-child-does-not-emerge-from-your-toddler-on-a-given-date/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Your toddler will be "good" if he feels like doing what you happen to want him to do and does not happen to feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/your-toddler-will-be-good-if-he-feels-like-doing-what-you-happen-to/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Being "brave" means doing or facing something frightening. ... Being "fearless" means being without fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/being-brave-means-doing-or-facing-something-frightening-being/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [There is no way out of the experience except through it, because it is not really your experience at all but the baby's. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/there-is-no-way-out-of-the-experience-except-through-it-because-it-is/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/loving-a-baby-is-a-circular-business-a-kind-of-feedback-loop-the-more/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Children do not need superhuman, perfect parents. They have always managed with good enough parents: the parents they happened to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/children-do-not-need-superhuman-perfect-parents-they-have-always/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

> [Two generations ago only a few unfortunate children ever saw anyone hit over the head with a brick, shot, rammed by a car, blown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/two-generations-ago-only-a-few-unfortunate-children-ever-saw-anyone/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

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