Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by… — C. Sommerville Action Copy Share Image
Ambivalence reaches the level of schizophrenia in our treatment of violence among the young. Parents do not encourage violence, but neither do… — C. Sommerville Adolescence Copy Share Image
In the years of the Roman Republic, before the Christian era, Roman education was meant to produce those character traits that would… — C. Sommerville Affection Copy Share Image
Quintilian [educational writer in Rome around A.D. 100] thought that the earliest years of the child's life were crucial. Education should start… — C. Sommerville Age Copy Share Image
The person who designed a robot that could act and think as well as your four-year-old would deserve a Nobel Prize. But… — C. Sommerville Deserve Copy Share Image
If our entertainment culture seems debased and unsatisfying, the hope is that our children will create something of greater worth.But it is… — C. Sommerville Children Copy Share Image
[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of… — C. Sommerville 17th century Copy Share Image
Could it be that those who were reared in the postwar years really were spoiled, as we used to hear? Did a… — C. Sommerville Children Copy Share Image
Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the… — C. Sommerville Childhood Copy Share Image
We like the idea of childhood but are not always crazy about the kids we know. We like it, that is, when… — C. Sommerville Appreciation Copy Share Image
Parents are used to being made to feel guilty about...their contribution to the population problem, the school tax burden, and declining test… — C. Sommerville Burden Copy Share Image
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