Stella Chess

Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand…

— Stella Chess

Life with a daughter of nine through twelve is a special experience for parents, particularly mothers. In a daughter's looks, actions, attitudes,…

— Stella Chess

Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless,…

— Stella Chess

A child is nothing like a racing car. . . . Souping up babies doesn't work that way. The child is what…

— Stella Chess

Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and…

— Stella Chess

You can read the best experts on child care. You can listen to those who have been there. You can take a…

— Stella Chess

That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society…

— Stella Chess

Fathers are still considered the most important "doers" in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as…

— Stella Chess

Remember...that each child is a separate person, yours forever, but never fully yours. She can never be all you wished or wanted,or…

— Stella Chess

An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the…

— Stella Chess

Women's childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of age or status, women who seem clearest…

— Stella Chess

Fathers can seem powerful and overwhelming to their daughters. Let her see your soft side. Express your feelings and reactions. Tell her…

— Stella Chess

Life begins at six--at least in the minds of six-year-olds. . . . In kindergarten you are the baby. In first grade…

— Stella Chess

Parents' ability to survive a child's unabating needs, wants, and demands...varies enormously. Some people can give and give....Whether children are good or…

— Stella Chess

Adolescents may be, almost simultaneously, overconfident and riddled with fear. They are afraid of their overpowering feelings, oflosing control, of helplessness, of…

— Stella Chess

Today's fathers and mothers--with only the American dream for guidance--extend and overextend themselves, physically, emotionally,and financially, during the best years of their…

— Stella Chess

Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have…

— Stella Chess

Many children grow through adolescence with no ripples whatever and land smoothly and predictably in the adult world with both feet on…

— Stella Chess

There is a parallel between the twos and the tens. Tens are trying to test their abilities again, sizing up and experimenting…

— Stella Chess