By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by — John Holt
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By now I have come to feel that the fact of being a ‘child’, of being wholly subservient and dependent, of being seen by older people as a mixture of expensive nuisance, slave and super-pet, does most young people more harm than good

— John Holt
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