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• Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is…
• The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks,…
• In order to develop normally, a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational…
• In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate…
• One of the most significant effects of age-segregation in our society has been the isolation of children from the world of work.…
• Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older…
• There is no more critical indicator of the future of a society than the character, competence, and integrity of its youth.
• Children need people in order to become human.... It is primarily through observing, playing, and working with others older and younger than…
• In the planning and designing of new communities, housing projects, and urban renewal, the planners both private and public, need to give…
• Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.
• Like the sorcerer of old, the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues…
• No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for…

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