The Stages of Life: Adolescence
. . . two children of the same mother may exhibit contrary attitudes at an early age, though no change in the mother’s attitude can be demonstrated. Although nothing would induce me to underrate the incalculable importance of parental influence, this familiar experience compels me to conclude that the decisive factor must be looked for […]
The Stages of Life: Childhood
Ultimately it must be the individual disposition which decides whether the child belongs to this or that type despite the constancy of external conditions . . . Under abnormal conditions, (i.e. when mother’s attitude is extreme), a similar attitude can be forced on the child too, thus violating their individual disposition. — C. G. Jung […]
The Stages of Life
. . . beneath the neglected functions there lie hidden far higher individual values which, though of small importance for the collective life, are of the greatest value for the individual life, and are therefore vital values that can endow the life of the individual with an intensity and a beauty he will vainly seek […]