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learning to “assisting and guiding the
developing personality.” Educators took
up this mantle enthusiastically. By
1950 the slogan of the Mid-Century
White House Conference on Children
and Youth was “A healthy personality
for every child.”
Well-meaning parents of the midcentury
agreed that quiet was unacceptable
and gregariousness ideal for both girls
and boys. Some discouraged their children
from solitary and serious hobbies,
like classical music, that could make
them unpopular. They sent their kids to
school at increasingly young ages,
where the main assignment was learning
to socialize. Introverted children
were often singled out as problem cases
(a situation familiar to anyone with an
introverted child today).
William Whyte’s The Organization
Man, a 1956 best-seller, describes how
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