Quotation by Virginia Satir

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As quoted in The Winning Family by Louise Hart (1987)As quoted in The Winning Family (1987)Friends Can Be Good Medicine (1981)The New Peoplemaking (1988)

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It is easy to see how adolescence becomes so frustrating, and old age so abhorrent, to many people. The life line is disempowered at two major points: at the beginning and at the end. The only acceptable place is in the middle. Power is conferred only on adults. It is denied to youth and seniors.

Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir (20th century), U.S. family therapist and author. The New Peoplemaking, ch. 19 (1988).

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