As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of …

Margaret Mead
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As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. ✨ Margaret Mead (1970). Culture and Commitment
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As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost. ✨ Margaret Mead (1970). Culture and Commitment

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