RT Book, Section
A1 Effgen, Susan K.
A1 Howman, Janice
A2 Effgen, Susan K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1133999739
T1 Serving the Needs of Children and Their Families
T2 Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803619425
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1133999739
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  loving  mother  teaches  her  child  to  walk  alone.  She  is  far  enough  from  him  so  that  she  cannot  actually  support  him,  but  she  holds  out  her  arms  to  him.  She  imitates  his  movements,  and  if  he  totters,  she  swiftly  bends  as  if  to  seize  him,  so  that  the  child  might  believe  that  he  is  not  walking  alone…  .  And  yet,  she  does  more.  Her  face  beckons  like  a  reward,  an  encouragement.  Thus,  the  child  walks  alone  with  his  eyes  fixed  on  his  mother's  face,  not  on  the  difficulties  in  his  way.  He  supports  himself  by  the  arms  that  do  not  hold  him  and  constantly  strives  towards  the  refuge  in  his  mother's  embrace,  little  suspecting  that  in  the  very  same  moment  that  he  is  emphasizing  his  need  of  her,  he  is  proving  that  he  can  do  without  her,  because  he  is  walking  alone.—Kierkegaard,  1846