David Elkind Quotes

Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

Children in the 21st (century) have been transformed from net producers of their own toy and play culture, to net consumers of play culture imposed by adults.

When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.

We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.

We see these adolescents mourning for a lost childhood.