ABSTRACT
A small child generally has a yearning hunger for love, which is partly due to its sense of weakness and dependence. Children under the best of circumstances have their fears and anxieties. Every hour of a child’s daily life from birth to adulthood can produce crises that often seem terrifying, and if parents or others who love the child are at hand and deal with the situation wisely, the child has a stimulating feeling of security. Many unwanted children survive without injury through the wise care of parent-substitutes. Love between parents and children has to assume new forms, and it demands courage in parents to produce courage in their children. Parents can secure natural and healthy growth by satisfying such longings, even if they are convinced that their children are too young to absorb the information given them. Low-grade parents are often hopelessly overwhelmed by a large family, to the immense detriment of their children.
