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“ Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults, and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage. ”

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Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget, the wise forgive but do not forget.

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Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-disciplined person can be obedient; and only such a person can be autonomous.

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Thousands of years ago--in times we are fond of calling primitive (since this renders us modern without having to exert ourselves further to earn this qualification)...

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