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Bruno Bettelheim

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born

August 28, 1903 in Vienna, Austria

died

March 13, 1990

gender

male

genre

Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body, Parenting & Families

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Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer. He gained an international reputation for his views on autism and for his claimed success in treating emotionally disturbed children.

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Books by Bruno Bettelheim

Average rating: 3.84 · 1,656 ratings · 161 reviews · 36 distinct works

	The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales 3.87 avg rating — 1,311 ratings — published 1975 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory 3.68 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions	My rating:
	A Good Enough Parent: The Guide To Bringing Up Your Child by Bruno Bettelheim, Bruno Bettleheim 3.71 avg rating — 56 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Informed Heart 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Surviving and Other Essays 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1952 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Empty Fortress: Infantile Autism and the Birth of the Self 2.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Children of the Dream 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Freud's Vienna & Other Essays 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Love Is Not Enough: The Treatment Of Emotionally Disturbed Children 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Bruno Bettleheim: Recollections and Reflections 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Bruno Bettelheim

“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...”
― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

tags: children , comprehension , education , fiction , learning , nonfiction , on-fiction , reading , reality , truth

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“The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.”
― Bruno Bettelheim

tags: literature , reading , reading-books

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“You can't teach children to be good. The best you can do for your child is to live a good life yourself. What a parent knows and believes, the child will lean on.”
― Bruno Bettelheim

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