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learn<strong>in</strong>g to “assist<strong>in</strong>g and guid<strong>in</strong>g thedevelop<strong>in</strong>g personality.” Educators tookup this mantle enthusiastically. By1950 the slogan <strong>of</strong> the Mid-CenturyWhite House Conference on Childrenand Youth was “A healthy personalityfor every child.”Well-mean<strong>in</strong>g parents <strong>of</strong> the midcenturyagreed that quiet was unacceptableand gregariousness ideal for both girlsand boys. Some discouraged their childrenfrom solitary and serious hobbies,like classical music, that could makethem unpopular. <strong>The</strong>y sent their kids toschool at <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly young ages,where the ma<strong>in</strong> assignment was learn<strong>in</strong>gto socialize. Introverted childrenwere <strong>of</strong>ten s<strong>in</strong>gled out as problem cases(a situation familiar to anyone with an<strong>in</strong>troverted child today).William Whyte’s <strong>The</strong> OrganizationMan, a 1956 best-seller, describes how90/929

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