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The good enough parent, in addition to being convinced that whatever his child does, he does it because at that moment he is convinced this is the best he can do, will also ask himself: "What in the world would make me act as my child acts at this moment? And if I felt forced to act this way, what would make me feel better about it?"

Bruno Bettelheim

Bruno Bettelheim (20th century), Austrian-American child psychologist. A Good Enough Parent, ch. 6 (1987).

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