Ability Quote by Bruno Bettelheim

The goal in raising one's child is to enable him, first, to discover who he wants to be, and then to become a person…

— Bruno Bettelheim

The question for the child is not Do I want to be good? but Whom do I want to be like?

— Bruno Bettelheim

Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.

— Bruno Bettelheim

Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers where the courage and determination of females…

— Bruno Bettelheim

Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children…

— Bruno Bettelheim

To be a good enough parent one must be able to feel secure in one's parenthood, and one's relation to one's child...The security of…

— Bruno Bettelheim

Parents ought, through their own behavior and the values by which they live, to provide direction for their children. But they need to rid…

— Bruno Bettelheim

The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...

— Bruno Bettelheim

No longer can we be satisfied with a life where the heart has its reasons which reason cannot know. Our hearts must know the…

— Bruno Bettelheim

Plato--who may have understood better what forms the mind of man than do some of our contemporaries who want their children exposed only to…

— Bruno Bettelheim

The good enough parent, in addition to being convinced that whatever his child does, he does it because at that moment he is convinced…

— Bruno Bettelheim

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a…

— Bruno Bettelheim