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Dissonance between family and school, therefore, is not only inevitable in a changing society; it also helps to make children more malleable and responsive to a changing world. By the same token, one could say that absolute homogeneity between family and school would reflect a static, authoritarian society and discourage creative, adaptive development in children. - Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
Attribution: Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century), U.S. professor, education. Worlds Apart, ch. 1 (1978).

Categories: Education, Families, Professor, School And Parent Interaction, Schools

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