Great Respect for Lilian

02/08/2011

Lucky is the child who grows up with parents who basically love and accept themselves, and therefore can accept and love their child, who reminds them so often of their own selves.
Magda Gerber, 1910-2007, founder of Respecting Infant Educarers

In this week's Exchange Insta-Poll, voters are recognizing Lilian Katz as one of the leading changemakers in our field, right up there with Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Erik Erikson, and Maria Montessori. In honor of this recognition, here is another insight of Lilian from her book, Intellectual Emergencies: Some Reflections on Mothering and Teaching...

"I think the great struggle of our time — and no doubt for generations to come — is the struggle for equality. But we might ask: equality for what? People are not equally tall or musical or mathematical or athletic or beautiful; but they are equally human! They are equally human in the sense that they all have hopes and dreams and wishes and fantasies and aspirations and fears and doubts. They all want to be treated with respect and dignity and want to feel loved by someone. In these ways it seems to me, all of the world's people have much more in common than they have apart."

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