Doubt Is The Brother Of

Adolescents Need Freedom To Choose, But Not So Much Freedom That They Cannot, In Fact, Make A Choice.

The Fact That Human Conscience Remains Partially Infantile Throughout Life Is The Core Of Human Tragedy.

When Established Identities Become Outworn Or Unfinished Ones Threaten To Remain Incomplete, Special Crises Compel Men To Wage Holy Wars, By The Cruelest Means, Against Those Who Seem To Question Or Threaten Their Unsafe Ideological Bases.

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.

The Playing Adult Steps Sideward Into Another Reality; The Playing Child Advances Forward To New Stages Of Mastery.