“If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.”
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“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.”
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“How do you forgive the people who are supposed to protect you?”
― Sadie
― Sadie
“Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose parents use authoritarian methods and punishment.”
― Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty
― Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty
“Who said 'please' that made you hate the word so much?"
Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. "I did.”
― The King's Men
Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. "I did.”
― The King's Men
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