“The central icon of Catholic Christianity is mother and child. That motif is so deep in not just our human experience but in our animal, biological past.” HumansChildrenPastMotherAnimalChristianityCatholicHuman ExperienceIconsMother And ChildMotifs Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
“Human culture, in evolutionary terms, moves from episodic, to mimetic, to mythic, to theoretic - that made all kinds of sense. To some extent, ontogeny repeats phylogeny, because children go through something like the same thing.” HumansKindChildrenMadeMovingCultureTermAll KindsRepeats Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
“However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home.” ChildrenHomeWould BeProcessParentLeavingPainfulScaryFrighteningLeaving Home Book:Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life Source: Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
“While there are practical and sometimes moral reasons for the decomposition of the family, it coincides neither with what most people in society say they desire nor, especially in the case of children, with their best interests.” PeopleChildrenSometimesReasonDesireInterestMoralCasesPracticalsDecomposition Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
