The Search For A Personal Identity Is

When A Child Hits A Child, We Call It Aggression. When A Child Hits An Adult, We Call It Hostility. When An Adult Hits An Adult, We Call It Assault. When An Adult Hits A Child, We Call It Discipline.

If We Treat People As They Are, We Make Them Worse. If We Treat People As They Ought To Be, We Help Them Become What They Are Capable Of Becoming.

When Gentle Persuasion [of Children] Falls On Deaf Ears, We Resort To Ridicule And Rebuke. Then We Return To Threats And Punishment. This Is The Modus Operandi Of A Mutual Frustration Society.

The Search For A Personal Identity Is The Life Task Of A Teenager.

Teenagers Crave Independence. The More Self-suf-ficient We Make Them Feel, The Less Hostile They Are Toward Us.