Margaret Halsey Quote

The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible for things, but not for people. It is the unquestioned assumption of a mercantile culture that things need and deserve attention, but that people can take care of themselves.


The Folks at Home (1952)


The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible...

The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible...

The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible...

The position of children as a group, in a commercial society, is not wholly advantageous. A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible...