Childhood

Excerpts […] The Little Prince went to look at the roses again. “You’re not at all like my rose. You’re nothing at all yet,” he told them. “No one has tamed you and you haven’t tamed anyone. You’re the way my fox wa …

(The first chapter and selected excerpts) CHAPTER I: THE CHILD AND THE WORLD RECONSTRUCTED In modern times the psychic life in the new-born child has called forth great interest. Many scientists and psychologists …

The original French edition, La Psychologie de l’intelligence, was published by Armand Colin in 1947 and was based on lectures Piaget had delivered at the Collège de France in 1942. (First pages and selected excerpts) …

“Hold childhood in reverence, and do not be in any hurry to judge it for good or ill. Leave exceptional cases to show themselves, let their qualities be tested and confirmed, before special methods are adopted. Give natu …