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Quotes from Prisoners of Childhood / The Drama of the Gifted Child — Alice Miller

1923–2010 Poland

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Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history.

Prisoners of Childhood / The Drama of the Gifted Child (1981)

The mother can feel herself the center of attention, for her child's eyes follow her everywhere. A child cannot run away from her as her own mother once did.

Prisoners of Childhood / The Drama of the Gifted Child (1981)

When our children can consciously experience their early helplessness and rage, they will no longer need to ward off these feelings, in turn, with the exercise of power over others.

Prisoners of Childhood / The Drama of the Gifted Child (1981)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alice Miller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.