Meaning of child-mind | Babel Free

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“The idea of ceasing to exist could not possibly enter a child-mind: the butterflies and birds, the flowers, the foliage, the sweet summer itself, only play at dying;they seem to go, but they all come back again after the snow is gone.”

“The psychic Censorship working in the child-mind operates to prevent many of his thoughts and feelings from becoming manifest; in addition, the external taboos, which so early he has to recognize, lead him to realize that much of his inmost thought and impulse is not suitable to the standards of the adults around him.”

“Descriptive instruction therefore encourages and strengthens the grouped masses of ideas in the child-mind.”

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