Quotes from David Elkind

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

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

Shift from modern nuclear family to the postmodern permeable family.

It is next to impossible to learn a complex skill by observation alone. One does not learn to play the violin by watching Heifitz or the piano by observing Rubenstein.

In the United States, the negative legacy of humanism and the reliance on books, recitation, and role learning have been difficult to overcome.

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

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