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Bruno Bettelheim has 18 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not…
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Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love…
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Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.
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The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...
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The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.
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The delight we experience when we allow ourselves to respond to a fairy tale, the enchantment we feel, comes not from the…
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The question for the child is not Do I want to be good? but Whom do I want to be like?
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What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to…
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The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led…
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Play reaches the habits most needed for intellectual growth.
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Creativity stands at the center of all education.
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Play permits the child to resolve in symbolic form unsolved problems of the past and to cope directly or symbolically with present…
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But on the other hand, if you come under circumstances where each person is entitled to a pro-rata share of the pot,…
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Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.
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If in a tense or nervous situation, take a moment to center and ground yourself and make a thoughtful decision. Remember that…
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For those who immerse themselves in what the fairy tale has to communicate, it becomes a deep, quiet pool which at first…
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Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a…
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An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a…
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Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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