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Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks t...more

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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 respec...more

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

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Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery of our truth about the ...more

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The public forum is not, of course, the most helpful place to conduct a profitable confrontation with one's parents. If we are to allow the feelings o...more

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Child abuse damages a person for life and that damage is in no way diminished by the ignorance of the perpetrator. It is only with the uncovering of t...more

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A human being born into a cold, indifferent world will regard his situation as the only possible one.

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Cruelty is the opposite of love, and its traumatic effect, far from being reduced, is actually reinforced if it is presented as a sign of love.

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The more we idealized the past, however, and refuse to acknowledge or childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generat...more

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Narcissistic cathexis of the child by the mother does not exclude emotional devotion. On the contrary, she loves the child as her self-object, excessi...more

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Child abuse is still sanctioned — indeed, held in high regard — in our society as long as it is defined as child-rearing. It is a tragic fact that par...more

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Because the victims are “only children,” their distress is trivialized. But in twenty years’ time these children will be adult who will feel compelled...more