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In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

Michael Lewis
Mother, Children, Japan
Michael Lewis (1995). “Shame: The Exposed Self”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center of the universe. Children are miniature adults. At one time in history each of these beliefs was generally held to be true. Each, however, gave way to different ideas and even different world views.

Michael Lewis
Children, Views, Ideas
Michael Lewis (1998). “Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future”, p.17, Guilford Press

Like Adam, formed from clay, children are formed from the biological material of which they are made or by the hands of their parents.

Michael Lewis
Children, Hands, Parent
Michael Lewis (1998). “Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future”, p.21, Guilford Press

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