There Are People Who Have

Society Chooses To Disregard The Mistreatment Of Children, Judging It To Be Altogether Normal Because It Is So Commonplace.

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.

The More We Idealize The Past And Refuse To Acknowledge Our Childhood Sufferings, The More We Pass Them On Unconsciously To The Next Generation.

Genuine Feelings Are Never The Product Of Conscious Effort. They Are Quite Simply There, And They Are There For A Very Good Reason, Even If That Reason Is Not Always Apparent.

Wherever I Look, I See Signs Of The Commandment To Honor One's Parents And Nowhere Of A Commandment That Calls For The Respect Of A Child.