Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it…

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

Bruno Bettelheim

1987

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1987

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Bruno Bettelheim

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Bettelheim, Bruno. A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-Rearing. Alfred A. Knopf, 1987, ch. 9.

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