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Every pampered child becomes a hated child.... There is no greater evil than the pampering of children.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
Evil
Children
Every
Pampering
Pampered
Hated
Becomes
Child
Greater

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