Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to... falling in love--staying in love takes longer and demands more work.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No authority in the field of child psychology, pediatrics, or child psychiatry advocates the formal instruction, in any domain, of... infants and young children. In fact, the weight of solid professional opinion opposes it and advocates providing young children with a rich and stimulating environment that is, at the same time, warm, loving, and supportive of the child's own learning priorities and pacing. It is within this supportive, nonpressured environment that infants and young children acquire a solid sense of security, positive self-esteem, and a long- term enthusiasm for learning.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To see self-sufficiency as the hallmark of maturity conveys a view of adult life that is at odds with the human condition, a view ...that cannot sustain the kinds of long-term commitments and involvements with other people that are necessary for raising and educating a child or for citizenship in a democratic society.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The strongest and most effective [force] in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of ... power is not violence in all the forms d...eployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To be sure, changes in American family structure have been fairly continuous since the first European settlements, but today these... changes seem to be occurring so rapidly that the shift is no longer a simple extension of long-term trends. We have passed a genuine watershed: this is the first time in our history that the typical school-age child has a mother who works outside the home.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts ab...out the needs of their own children. Virtually any private or public program that supports parents, effectively supports children. This principle of supporting family vitality seems to us preferable to any policy that would have the state provide children directly with what it thinks they need.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Long-term commitment to an intimate relationship with one person of whatever sex is an essential need that people have in order to... breed the qualities out of which nurturant thought can rise.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short- term objects... of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whether changes in the sibling relationship during adolescence create long-term rifts that spill over into adulthood depends upon ...the ability of brothers and sisters to constantly redefine their connection. Siblings either learn to accept one another as independent individuals with their own sets of values and behaviors or cling to the shadow of the brother and sister they once knew.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Unfortunately, we cannot rely solely on employers seeing that it is in their self-interest to change the workplace. Since the bene...fits of family-friendly policies are long-term, they may not be immediately visible or quantifiable; companies tend to look for success in the bottom line. On a deeper level, we are asking those in power to change the rules by which they themselves succeeded and with which they identify.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »