Margaret Meads Quote on Childhood

"I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I had a chance to be what I wanted to be." -Margaret Mead

About Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was an American mass media writer and speaker during the1960s and 1970s, and a cultural anthropologist. She was a widely respected academic anthropologist. She also popularized insights of anthropology into the Western culture, particularly that of American culture. She was actually also a controversial anthropologist, having championed sexual mores, particularly within the perspective of western religion. Her works on the attitude of South Pacific and Southeast Asian cultures on sex purportedly fed the sexual revolution of the 1960s. She was also noted for having a part on the drafting the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. She was one of the most recognizable academic anthropologists during her time.

Explanation

Your family is the microcosm of the society. It will prove to be the best and most influential social enforcer in your life. Many experts believe that whatever you will do later in your life will be greatly, if not totally, be affected by your childhood, which is mostly spent with your family. Your family will actually continue to influence you until the time that you start your own. Your general outlook in life is influenced by how you were raised by your parents. Therefore, it is greatly advised to parents to raise their children with a positive outlook in life—in a good, happy environment. If a child was raised beautifully, be raised with love, be raised believing that she can be what she wants as long as she works hard for it—then there is a good chance that she will achieve her dreams.