The Sense Of Identity Provides

Mans True Taproots Are Nourished In The Sequence Of Generations, And He Loses His Taproots In Disrupted Developmental Time, Not In Abandoned Localities.

Will, Therefore, Is The Unbroken Determination To Exercise Free Choice As Well As Self-restraint, In Spite Of The Unavoidable Experience Of Shame And Doubt In Infancy.

Play Is The Most Natural Method Of Self-healing That Childhood Affords.

The Strengths A Young Person Finds In Adults At This Time-their Willingness To Let Him Experiment, Their Eagerness To Confirm Him At His Best, Their Consistency In Correcting His Excesses, And The Guidance They Give Him-will Codetermine Whether Or Not He Eventually Makes Order Out Of Necessary Inner Confusion And Applies Himself To The Correction Of Disordered Conditions. He Needs Freedom To Choose, But Not So Much Freedom That He Cannot, In Fact, Make A Choice.

The Fact That Human Conscience Remains Partially Infantile Throughout Life Is The Core Of Human Tragedy.