- Austrian-born
US child psychologist. At the University of Chicago he founded a treatment
centre for emotionally disturbed children based on the principle of
a supportive home environment. Among his books are Love Is Not Enough
1950 and The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy
Tales 1976.
Imprisoned in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps 1933-35,
he emigrated to the USA in 1939. His other books include Truants from
Life 1954, Children of the Dream 1962, and A Good Enough Parent 1987.
He took his own life.
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