Childhood Quote by Selma Fraiberg

A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of the developing…

— Selma Fraiberg

We must remember when we speak of the "negativism" of the toddler that this is also the child who is intoxicated with the discoveries…

— Selma Fraiberg

Whenever reality reinforces a child's fantasied dangers, the child will have more difficulty in overcoming them...So, while parents may not regard a spanking as…

— Selma Fraiberg

It no longer makes sense to speak of "feeding problems" or "sleep problems" or "negative behavior" is if they were distinct categories, but to…

— Selma Fraiberg

The experience of a sense of guilt for wrong-doing is necessary for the development of self-control. The guilt feelings will laterserve as a warning…

— Selma Fraiberg

It seems to me that we have to draw the line in sibling rivalry whenever rivalry goes out of bounds into destructive behavior of…

— Selma Fraiberg

There must be a solemn and terrible aloneness that comes over the child as he takes those first independent steps. All this is lost…

— Selma Fraiberg

We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will be able…

— Selma Fraiberg

Parents who want a fresh point of view on their furniture are advised to drop down on all fours and accompany the nine or…

— Selma Fraiberg

An older child, one who possesses a conscience, will be troubled with self-reproaches and feelings of shame for his naughtiness, even if he is…

— Selma Fraiberg

The child begins life as a pleasure-seeking animal; his infantile personality is organized around his own appetites and his own body. In the course…

— Selma Fraiberg

The parent who loves his child dearly but asks for nothing in return might qualify as a saint, but he will not qualify as…

— Selma Fraiberg