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 »
Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs... of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The entire construct of the "medical model" of "mental illness"Mwhat is it but an analogy? Between physical medicine and psychiatr...y: the mind is said to be subject to disease in the same manner as the body. But whereas in physical medicine there are verifiable physiological proofs--in damaged or affected tissue, bacteria, inflammation, cellular irregularity--in mental illness alleged socially unacceptable behavior is taken as a symptom, even as proof, of pathology.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others ...have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Not all people are ready to accept psychiatry as a normal branch of medicine. The general impression, as I believe, is that a man ...who needs a psychiatrist must be crazy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style.... The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The two greatest enemies of the individual in the modern world are communism and psychiatry. Each wages a relentless war against t...hat which makes a person an individual: communism against the ownership of property, psychiatry against the ownership of the self (mind and body). Communists criminalize the autonomous use of capital and labor, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in the black market, especially in foreign currencies. Psychiatrists criminalize the autonomous use of the self, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in self-abuse, especially in self-medication and self-destruction.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their societ...y is a crucial concept that can be applied to other cultures.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Someday soon, we hope that all middle and high school will have required courses in child rearing for girls and boys to help prepa...re them for one of the most important and rewarding tasks of their adulthood: being a parent. Most of us become parents in our lifetime and it is not acceptable for young people to be steeped in ignorance or questionable folklore when they begin their critical journey as mothers and fathers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »