# Quote — Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood

> If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to possess them.

- Author: [Maria Montessori](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maria-montessori.md)
- Book: [The Secret of Childhood](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maria-montessori/the-secret-of-childhood.md)
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## More from this book

> Adults have not understood children or adolescents and they are, as a consequence, in continual conflict with them. The remedy is not that adults should gain some new intellectual knowledge or achieve a higher standard of culture. No, they must find a different point of departure. The adult must find within himself the still unknown error that prevents him from seeing the child as he is.

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