From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is — Alison Gopnik
A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have in their power to bestow. — Mary Cholmondeley
Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can’t get out of it on your own. — Tove Ditlevsen
Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Differentiating from parental introjects and psychological defences based on the emotional pain — Lisa Firestone