The possibility of change depends on whether there is a sufficient number of enlightened witnesses to create… — Alice Miller
The possibility of change depends on whether there is a sufficient number of enlightened witnesses to create a safety net for the growing consciousness of those who have been mistreated as children, so that they do not fall into the darkness of forgetfulness, from which they will later emerge as criminals or the mentally ill.
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Hard as it is to believe, in the entire world there is not a single faculty in which a degree is offered in the study of psychic injuries in childhood.
Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding.
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