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. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern

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Maurice Sendak
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Approximate author period: c. 1970 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Maurice Sendak, based on documented lifetime 1928 to 2012. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314771 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314771 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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