Do Not Mistake A Child

Children Cannot Be Fooled By Empty Praise And Condescending Encouragement. They May Have To Accept Artificial Bolstering Of Their Self-esteem In Lieu Of Something Better, But What I Call Their Accruing Ego Identity Gains Real Strength Only From Wholehearted And Consistent Recognition Of Real Accomplishment, That Is, Achievement That Has Meaning In Their Culture.

Children Love And Want To Be Loved And They Very Much Prefer The Joy Of Accomplishment To The Triumph Of Hateful Failure. Do Not Mistake A Child For His Symptom.

Hope Is Both The Earliest And The Most Indispensable Virtue Inherent In The State Of Being Alive. Others Have Called This Deepest Quality Confidence, And I Have Referred To Trust As The Earliest Positive Psychosocial Attitude, But If Life Is To Be Sustained Hope Must Remain, Even Where Confidence Is Wounded, Trust Impaired.

Personality, Too, Is Destiny.

Will, Therefore, Is The Unbroken Determination To Exercise Free Choice As Well As Self-restraint, In Spite Of The Unavoidable Experience Of Shame And Doubt In Infancy.