Our Love Helps Them Become Independent
Posted by Samantha on December 4, 2010 in Thought for the day |
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother’s side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. |
Erich Fromm, German philosopher and psychoanalyst (1900-1980) |