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A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you will someday know. Your job is to help them overcome the disabilities associated with their size and inexperience . . .

Source: The Worst Years of Our Lives, Stop Ironing the Diapers (1991; first published 1989), on the mistake of trying to mold children.
-- Barbara Ehrenreich, (Aug 26 1941-____), US writer; She wrote Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, 1972.

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