Now consider for a moment the work of a small child. His work is to create the man he will be. But he is not conscious of this end, he is conscious...

During this period the personality undergoes great changes. We have only to compare the newborn babe with the six year old to see this.

It is plain that nature exercises a powerful supervision over this awakening, this fulfilment. The aim of the mother's care is higher than purely...

...at birth all children are alike, and need the same treatment or education during the stage of embryonic growth, of mental incarnation.

Psychically speaking, at birth there is nothing at all—zero! Indeed, not only psychically, for at birth the child is almost paralytic... These great...

At birth he frees himself from a prison, the mother's body, and achieves independence of the functions of the mother.

In the first days of life, it is clear that something of the utmost importance is taking place....he has 'potentialities' able to bring about his...

And thus the new-born child is not only a body ready to function as a body, but a spiritual embryo with latent psychic capacities. It would be absurd...

The feeling we should have towards the new-born baby is not the compassion that we have for the sick or weak, but reverence before the mystery of...