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In Times Of Stress, The Best Thing We Can Do For Each Other Is To Listen With Our Ears And Our Hearts And To Be Assured That Our Questions Are Just As Important As Our Answers.

What's Been Important In My Understanding Of Myself And Others Is The Fact That Each One Of Us Is So Much More Than Any One Thing. A Sick Child Is Much More Than His Or Her Sickness. A Person With A Disability Is Much, Much More Than A Handicap. A Pediatrician Is More Than A Medical Doctor. You're Much More Than Your Job Description Or Your Age Or Your Income Or Your Output.

Of Course, I Get Angry. Of Course, I Get Sad. I Have A Full Range Of Emotions. I Also Have A Whole Smorgasbord Of Ways Of Dealing With My Feelings. That Is What We Should Give Children. Give Them ... Ways To Express Their Rage Without Hurting Themselves Or Somebody Else. That's What The World Needs.

This Is What I Give. I Give An Expression Of Care Every Day To Each Child, To Help Him Realize That He Is Unique. I End Each Program By Saying, 'you've Made This Day A Special Day By Just Your Being You. There's No Person In The Whole World Like You. And I Like You Just The Way You Are.' And I Feel That If We In Public Television Can Only Make It Clear That Feelings Are Mentionable And Manageable, We Will Have Done A Great Service.

There Is No Normal Life That Is Free Of Pain. It's The Very Wrestling With Our Problems That Can Be The Impetus For Our Growth.