"He sido un hombre afortunado en la vida, nada me ha sido facil." "I've been a fortunate man in life, nothing has come easy"
Sigmund FreudRead
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Interpretation
A father's protection is vital during childhood, representing safety and security.
This quote by Sigmund Freud emphasizes the crucial role that a father's presence and protection play in a child's development. It suggests that the absence of such protection can leave a profound impact on a child's sense of security and well-being, highlighting the importance of paternal figures in providing emotional stability and safety during formative years.
In practice
This quote can be shared in a parenting workshop to discuss the importance of father figures.
"He sido un hombre afortunado en la vida, nada me ha sido facil." "I've been a fortunate man in life, nothing has come easy"
I take up the standpoint that the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man, and I come back now to the statement that it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so forlornly unhappy as when we have lost our love object or its love.
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and which dominates and sometimes even ill-treats it.
I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew up in an America that invested in kids like me and built a real future for us.
But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.
Even though my mom was talented and had a college degree, she lived in the era when the conventional wisdom in Dallas was that my dad worked, she was supposed to stay home and take care of the kids, and that was that. There really weren't other opportunities for her, and most of them were volunteer opportunities.
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.
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