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“No child is capable of speech until he has heard other human beings speak, and even two infants reared together cannot develop a language from scratch.”

Humans Children Two Together Speak Language Human Beings Heard Speech Capable Infant Scratches

Book:WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK

Source: WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK

“How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if the infant initiates, whether the mom responds.”

Ifs Children Matter Mother Language Mom Conversation Outcomes What Matters Infant Initiate

Author:Po Bronson

“The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.”

Children Spirit Mother Stars Guides Infant

Book:Letters to mothers

Source: Letters to mothers

“Sustenance for the infant and child is more than alimentary nourishment. The child needs love, security, narcissistic supplies -- however one may describe it.”

Needs May Children Security Infant Narcissistic Nourishment Supplies Sustenance Need Love

Book:The Language of the Body

Source: The Language of the Body

“The very fact that religions are not content to stand on their own feet, but insist on crippling or warping the flexible minds of children in their favour, forms a sufficient proof that there is no truth in them. If there were any truth in religion, it would be even more acceptable to a mature mind than to an infant mind--yet no mature mind ever accepts religion unless it has been crippled in infancy.”

Ifs Mind Children Has Beens Facts Would Be Form Accepting Feet Proof Sufficient Mature Acceptable Favour Infant Flexible Infancy Crippled

Book:Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft

Source: Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft

“When we commit violence against an infant girl, we call it child abuse; when we commit violence against an infant boy, we call it circumcision.”

Children Girl Boys Violence Abuse Commit Child Abuse Infant Circumcision

Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex

Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex

“Programs like WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) subsidize the exclusion of dads.”

Children Dad Program Infant Exclusion

Author:Warren Farrell