Bruno Bettelheim

Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheimwas an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer. He gained an international reputation for his work on Freud, psychoanalysis, and emotionally disturbed children...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 August 1903
CountryItaly
Bruno Bettelheim quotes about
children struggle doe
This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence -- but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious.
generations ifs wounds
What cannot be talked about cannot be put to rest. And if it is not, the wounds will fester from generation to generation.
child question
The question for the child is not "Do I want to be good?" but "Whom do I want to be like?