The diagnosis of "hyperactivity" is often
made on the basis of a checklist of behaviors that in reality could reflect boys' grief over losing emotional connection - a lost
that we have learned cannot be fully expressed or mourned but rather expresses itself through action or anger.
~ William Pollack,
REAL BOYS |
The instinctive need to be the member of a closely knit
group fighting for common ideals may grow so strong that it becomes inessential what these ideals are.
~ Konrad Lorenz |
Freedom refers to self-determination...To the extent
that we can determine for ourselves who we shall be, we are responsible for our lives.
~ Germain Grisez and Russell Shaw
Beyond the New Morality |
What's done to children, They will do to society.
~ Karl Menninger |
The only obligation which I have a right to assume is
to do at any time what I think is right.
~ Henry David Thoreau |
Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal
back.
~ John Ruskin |
Children need to be moral more than they need to be
in touch with their feelings. They need to be well educated more than they need to have their self-esteem raised.
~ Christina Hoff Sommers
THE WAR AGAINST BOYS |