
Robert Coles — The Inner Lives of Children
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Spiritual Life of Children by Robert Cole
Conversation about religion, meaning ethics and ideas to day the inner lives of children. A conversation with robert colesrobert coles found his personal calling in a crucible of american social change. One day in 19 60, as a young psychiatrist working in new orleans, he happened to drive by crowds of adults heckling a first grador,. ruby bridges. He was stunned by the evident dignity and apparent wisdom with which she comported herself. Had i not been right there, he wrote later, i might have pursued a different life. Over the next two decades, he listened to children all over the world. In 19 73, he won the poletzer prize
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