"Like the sorcerer of old, the television set……" — Urie Bronfenbrenner
"Like the sorcerer of old, the television set casts its magic spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces, although there is danger there, as in the behavior it prevents: the talks, the games, the family festivities...through which much of the child's learning takes place and through which his character is formed. Turning on the television set can turn off the process that transforms children into people."
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Urie Bronfenbrenner
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14 Quotes by Urie Bronfenbrenner
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