“ Children are potentially free and their life directly embodies nothing save potential freedom. Consequently they are not things and cannot be the property either of their parents or others. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher
“ A love of reading is an acquired taste, not an instinctive preference. The habit of reading is formed in childhood; and a child's taste in reading is formed in the right direction or in the wrong one while he is under the influence of his parents; and they are directly responsible for the shaping and cultivating of that taste. Henry Clay Trumbull Author
“ Fortunate Newton, happy childhood of science. Nature to him was an open book. He stands before us strong, certain, and alone. Albert Einstein Theoretical Physicist
“ I have never known a patient to portray his parents more negatively than he actually experienced them in childhood but always more positively--because idealization of his parents was essential for his survival. Alice Miller Psychologist
“ Oh thumb, I want a drink it is dark, where are the big people, when will I get there...? Anne Sexton Poet