One Can Only Remember What

Almost Everywhere We Find . . . The Use Of Various Coercive Measures, To Rid Ourselves As Quickly As Possible Of The Child Withinus--i.e., The Weak, Helpless, Dependent Creature--in Order To Become An Independent Competent Adult Deserving Of Respect. When We Reencounter This Creature In Our Children, We Persecute It With The Same Measures Once Used In Ourselves.

Where There Had Been Only Fearful Emptiness Or Equally Frightening Grandiose Fan­tasies, An Unexpected Wealth Of Vitality Is Now Discovered. This Is Not A Homecoming, Since This Home Has Never Before Existed. It Is The Creation Of Home.

Those Children Who Are Beaten Will In Turn Give Beatings, Those Who Are Intimidated Will Be Intimidating, Those Who Are Humiliated Will Impose Humiliation, And Those Whose Souls Are Murdered Will Murder.

The Abused Children Are Alone With Their Suffering, Not Only Within The Family, But Also Within Themselves. They Cannot Crate A Place In Their Own Soul Where They Could Cry Their Beart Out.

If It's Very Painful For You To Criticize Your Friends - You're Safe In Doing It. But If You Take The Slightest Pleasure In It, That's The Time To Hold Your Tongue.