| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 12967 |
| QUOTATION: | Indeed, there are no easy correlations between parental ideology, class or race and “successful” child development. Many children the world over have revealed a kind of toughness and plasticity that make the determined efforts of some parents to spare their children the slightest pain seem ironic. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Robert Coles (20th century), U.S. child psychiatrist. Children of Crisis, ch. 9 (1964). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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