Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.

Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding.

The only possible recourse a baby has when his screams are ignored is to repress his distress, which is tantamount to mutilating his soul, for the result is an interference with his ability to feel, to be aware, and to remember.

One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to anything the other person has to say.

Society chooses to disregard the mistreatment of children, judging it to be altogether normal because it is so commonplace.

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection