Childhood Is Powerful

April, 1990

Pity the poor infant. Born perfect into the world from imperfect parents. At the height of his intelligence, he is completely ignorant, helpless, dependent on whatever maniac has charge of him at any given moment. And each of these moments is crucial, each shapes the interior landscape of the pitiful infant's psyche. He doesn't even know that he is not the entire universe. He doesn't even know he is a separate human being. He thinks his parents are simply extensions of himself. Luckily, he is re...