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Margaret Mead

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead is criticizing the idea that childhood should be only for fun and learning, middle age only for hard work, and old age only for regret. She argues this division is unfair and unrealistic because life’s activities and emotions should be spread throughout all stages, not confined to just one.

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