Bruno Bettelheim Quotes:
Ocupation: Psychologist
Life: August 28, 1903 - March 13, 1990
Birthday: August 28
Death: March 13
Fairy tales are loved by the child not because the imagery he finds in them conforms to what goes on within him, but because--despite all the angry, anxious thoughts in his mind to which the fairy tale gives body and specific content--these stories always result in a happy outcome, which the child cannot imagine on his own.
topic: Children, Anxious Thoughts, Giving
