“My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item of consumption he would acquire was a direct measurement of his success in life. But that same equation wasn't going to work for me - I was quite clear about that in my early teens.” ChildrenTodayFatherClearDirectManagersAcquireTeensConsumptionSuccess In LifePakistanEquationsGoing To WorkItemsMeasurementIbm Author:Tino Sehgal
“In certain circumstances where he experiments in new types of conduct by cooperating with his equals, the child is already an adult. There is an adult in every child and a child in every adult. ... There exist in the child certain attitudes and beliefs which intellectual development will more and more tend to eliminate: there are others which will acquire more and more importance. The later are not derived from the former but are partly antagonistic to them.” ChildrenCertainBeliefAttitudeTypeDevelopmentCircumstancesIntellectualAdultsImportanceExperimentsFormerAcquireCooperatingIntellectual Development Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“It is as his own mind comes into contact with others that truth will begin to acquire value in the child's eyes and will consequently become a moral demand that can be made upon him. As long as the child remains egocentric, truth as such will fail to interest him and he will see no harm in transposing facts in accordance with his desires.” MindChildrenLongMadeFactsEyeDesireValuesInterestMoralFailingDemandRemainsHarmContactAcquireEgocentric Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child