“As the creative adult needs to toy with ideas, the child, to form his ideas, needs toys--and plenty of leisure and scope to play with them as he likes, and not just the way adults think proper. This is why he must be given this freedom for his play to be successful and truly serve him well.” ThinkingWayNeedsWellsChildrenIdeasPlayFormGivenCreativityCreativeSuccessfulAdultsLikesPlentyBeing SuccessfulLeisureToysScope Author:Bruno Bettelheim
“A parent who from his own childhood experience is convinced of the value of fairy tales will have no difficulty in answering his child's questions; but an adult who thinks these tales are only a bunch of lies had better not try telling them; he won't be able to related them in a way which would enrich the child's life.” ThinkingWayTryingChildrenAbleLyingValuesParentChildhoodAdultsDifficultyConvincedBunchTalesRelatedFairyFairy Tale Book:The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales Source: The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales
“Although we like to think of young children's lives as free of troubles, they are in fact filled with disappointment and frustration. Children wish for so much, but can arrange so little of their own lives, which are so often dominated by adults without sympathy for the children's priorities. That is why children have a much greater need for daydreams than adults do. And because their lives have been relatively limited they have a greater need for material from which to form daydreams.” ThinkingNeedsChildrenLittlesHas BeensFactsFormYoungWishGreaterTroubleChildhoodMaterialsAdultsFilledDisappointmentPrioritiesFrustrationThink Of YouDaydreamingYoung Children Book:Freud's Vienna and Other Essays Source: Freud's Vienna and Other Essays
“The child knows only that he engages in play because it is enjoyable. He isn't aware of his need to play--a need which has its source in the pressure of unsolved problems. Nor does he know that his pleasure in playing comes from a deep sense of well-being that is the direct result of feeling in control of things, in contrast to the rest of his life, which is managed by his parents or other adults.” KnowsNeedsWellsChildrenDoePlayFeelingsProblemParentPleasureResultsSourceAdultsDirectPressureWell BeingContrastEnjoyableUnsolved Problems Author:Bruno Bettelheim
