Freud was wrong. Spock was right. Spock was wrong. Spock was right after all. Children are durable.
Children are delicate.
It's nature and nurture. And now there's the new debate about the influence of peers versus parents, suggesting that Mom and Dad are nothing more than befuddled bystanders. The changing winds of child psychology are enough to drive parents batty. They want to do everything right, but they're afraid of doing everything wrong. There's nothing wrong with the steady progress of parenting advice.