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Sadism Is Not An Infectious Disease That Strikes A Person All Of A Sudden. It Has A Long Prehistory In Childhood And Always Originates In The Desperate Fantasies Of A Child Who Is Searching For A Way Out Of A Hopeless Situation.

Those Children Who Are Beaten Will In Turn Give Beatings, Those Who Are Intimidated Will Be Intimidating, Those Who Are Humiliated Will Impose Humiliation, And Those Whose Souls Are Murdered Will Murder.

The Only Possible Recourse A Baby Has When His Screams Are Ignored Is To Repress His Distress, Which Is Tantamount To Mutilating His Soul, For The Result Is An Interference With His Ability To Feel, To Be Aware, And To Remember.

We Are Still Barely Conscious Of How Harmful It Is To Treat Children In A Degrading Manner. Treating Them With Respect And Recognizing The Consequences Of Their Being Humiliated Are By No Means Intellectual Matters; Otherwise, Their Importance Would Long Since Have Been Generally Recognized.

Wherever I Look, I See Signs Of The Commandment To Honor One's Parents And Nowhere Of A Commandment That Calls For The Respect Of A Child.