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I would rather be the child of a mother who has all the inner conflicts of the human being than be mothered by someone for whom all is easy and smooth, who knows all the answers, and is a stranger to doubt.

D.W. Winnicott

D.W. Winnicott (20th century), British child psychiatrist. A collection of previously unpublished essays and radio broadcasts from 1955. Health Education Through Broadcasting, ch. 2 (1993).

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