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In this book, the preeminent child psychologist of our time gives us the results of his lifelong effort to determine what is most crucial in successful child-rearing. His purpose is not to give parents preset rules for raising their children, but rather to show them how to develop their own insights so that they will understand their own and their children's behavior in different situations and how to cope with it. Above all, he warns, parents must not indulge their impulse to try to create the child they would like to have, but should instead help each child fully develop into the person he...

From one of history's most famous child psychologists comes a collection of wide-ranging essays in which he reflects on the people, events, and cultural influences that shaped him and his work.
Combining humanistic wisdom and clinical insight, the volume reflects eminent psychoanalyst Bettelheim's concerns as both child therapist and Holocaust survivor. Publishers Weekly"

Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award
-A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales.---John Updike, The New York Times Book Review

Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development.
Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories, from the tales of Sindbad to -The Three Little Pigs, - -Hansel and Gretel, - and...

" Bruno Bettelheims Klassiker Kinder brauchen Märchen hat bis heute nichts von seiner Aktualität verloren , sagt Oberösterreichs bekanntester Märchenerzähler Helmut Wittmann." Oberösterreichische Nachrichten