Another characteristic of his treatment of children was his respect for their liberty, & for their personality. Even as quite a little girl, I remember rejoicing in this sense of freedom. Our father & mother would not even wish to know what we were doing or thinking unless we wished to tell. He always made us feel that we were each of us creatures whose opinions & thoughts were valuable to him, so that whatever there was best in us came out in the sunshine of his presence
Reminiscence of Charles Darwin by one of his daughters
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