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Every care would be taken to surround the young with the physical and social conditions which best conduce, as far as freed knowledge extends, to release of personal potentialities.
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John Dewey
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Dewey highlights the importance of creating optimal conditions for youth to realize their potential.
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In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.
The relationships of husband and wife, parent and children, older and younger children, friend and friend, are the bonds from which authority proceeds.
It rules but it does not regulate; for its rule is confined to receipt of tribute and ceremonial deference.
In no two ages or places is there the same public.