The mother's main task is to protect the infant from trauma. - D.W. Winnicott

"The mother's main task is to protect the infant from trauma."

D.W. Winnicott Family

Psychoanalyst British 1896–1971

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"It is a healthy condition for a mature woman to live her sex life with a man, whereas for her to be frigid is, as a rule, a misfortune."

"Playing is doing."

"Healthy individuals are creative."

"The capacity to be alone is a prerequisite for the capacity to love."

"A man's home is his castle."

"Family is everything to me."

"Life's greatest treasure is the love of family."

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