Urie Bronfenbrenner Quotes

“If the children and youth of a nation are afforded opportunity to develop their capacities to the fullest, if they are given the k nowledge to understand the world and the wisdom to change it, then the prospects for the future are bright.

In contrast, a society which neglects its children, however well it may function in other respects, risks eventual disorganization and demise.”

“In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate from high school, college, or university without ever having cared for, or even held, a baby. Without ever having looked after someone who was old, ill, or lonely; or without ever having comforted or assisted another human being who really needed help.

No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations, and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.”

“No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.”

“The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents - the talks, the games, the family activities and the arguments through which much of the child's learning takes place and his character is formed.”