If they learn easily, they are penalized for being bored when they have nothing to do; if they excel in some outstanding way, they are penalized as being conspicuously better than the peer group. The culture tries to make the child with a gift into a one-sided person, to penalize him at every turn, to cause him trouble in making friends and to create conditions conducive to the development of a neurosis. Neither teachers, the parents of other children, nor the child peers will tolerate a Wunderkind.
There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children... with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention… - Margaret Mead
There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children... with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention…
- Margaret Mead
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity. - Margaret Mead
Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity.
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift - Margaret Mead
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift
in all cultures, human beings - in order to be human - must understand the nonhuman. - Margaret Mead
in all cultures, human beings - in order to be human - must understand the nonhuman.
We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin. - Margaret Mead
We need every human gift and cannot afford to neglect any gift because of artificial barriers of sex or race or class or national origin.
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen. - Margaret Mead
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them a… - Margaret Mead
Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it transcends them a…
I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed. - Margaret Mead
I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed.
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