“I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.” IfsChildrenMadeMotherSidesDarkConcentrationCampsLocksClosetsBeing AfraidConcentration Camp Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“In using the terms play and playfulness, I do not intend to suggest any lack of seriousness; quite the contrary. Anyone who has watched children, or adults, at play will recognize that there is no contradiction between play and seriousness, and that some forms of play induce a measure of grave concentration not so readily called forth by work.” ChildrenPlayFormTermAdultsContraryGravesContradictionConcentrationSeriousnessPlayfulness Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life