“A two-year-old can be taught to curb his aggressions completely if the parents employ strong enough methods, but the achievement of such control at an early age may be bought at a price which few parents today would be willing to pay. The slow education for control demands much more parental time and patience at the beginning, but the child who learns control in this way will be the child who acquires healthy self-discipline later.” IfsWayYearsMayChildrenTwoSelfEnoughWould BeAgeTodayStrongParentPayTaughtWillingDisciplineHealthyDemandAchievementMethodAcquireTwo YearsAggressionSelf DisciplineStrong EnoughParentalCurbTwo Year OldsTime And Patience Book:The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood Source: The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood
“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 a physical attack or an assault on a child's body, the child may regard it as such, and experience it as a confirmation of his fears that grown-ups under certain circumstances can really hurt you.” MayChildrenBodyRealityCertainParentHurtDangerCircumstancesOvercomingDifficultyRegardAssaultConfirmationSpanking Author:Selma Fraiberg
“Our survival as a human community may depend as much upon our nurture of love in infancy and childhood as upon the protection of our society from external threats.” LoveHumansMayCommunityPsychologySocietyChildhoodDependsSurvivalThreatProtectionOur SocietyNurtureInfancy Book:Every child's birthright: in defense of mothering Source: Every child's birthright: in defense of mothering
