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« Using symbolism, the little child already draws a clear distinction between fantasy and real fact, between internal and external objects, between primary creativity and perception. But the term transitional object makes possible, according to my hypothesis, the process that leads the child to accept difference and similarity. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Game and reality |
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Donald W. Winnicott
Game and reality
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« What does the child see when he looks at his mother's face? "Generally, what he sees is himself. In other words, the mother looks at the baby, and what her face expresses is directly related to what she sees." It is his first mirror, his first reference to himself. Beautiful if she finds him beautiful, which he will translate as kind, worthy to be loved, to mobilize the attention of others. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
The mother good enough |
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Donald W. Winnicott
The mother good enough
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« The first `trend` of the individual is the tendency . . . to move away from the mother, then to the father and mother, and then away from the family, each step offering an increased freedom of ideas and functioning. The other trend works in the opposite direction and it is the need to preserve, or be able to regain the relationship with the actual father and mother. It is this second trend that makes the former an element of growth rather than a disturbance of the individual's personality. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
The family good enough |
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Donald W. Winnicott
The family good enough
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