Quote#Children
Our children are not individuals whose rights and tastes are casually…
Quote byRuth Benedict · 1887–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Patterns of Culture, 7.
English (original)
Our children are not individuals whose rights and tastes are casually respected from infancy, as they are in some primitive societies . . . . They are fundamentally extension of our own egos and give a special opportunity for the display of authority.
— Ruth Benedict
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