Louise J. Kaplan Quote

It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering presence that gratifies our innate urges to be suckled, held, rocked, caressed. But that same gratifying presence puts limits on desire and rations satisfaction. In this sense the mother is also the first lawgiver.


Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood (ed. Touchstone Books, 1995) - ISBN: 9780684800622


It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering...

It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering...

It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering...

It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering...