A growing person is meant for the world, not to stay their parents' child.

Carl Jung, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923)

What it means

Parents can hold on too tightly, often because they do not want to grow old themselves. Jung is clear about the goal. Children are raised to leave.

The source

"A growing person is meant for the world, not to stay their parents' child." Carl Jung said it in Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"A too strong attachment to the parents is a severe handicap in his later adaptation to the world; for a growing human being is destined for the world, and not to remain forever the child of his parents."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923). Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "A growing person is meant for the world, not to stay their parents' child." mean?: Parents can hold on too tightly, often because they do not want to grow old themselves. Jung is clear about the goal. Children are raised to leave.
Who said "A growing person is meant for the world, not to stay their parents' child."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923).
What is the original wording?: A too strong attachment to the parents is a severe handicap in his later adaptation to the world; for a growing human being is destined for the world, and not to remain forever the child of his parents (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
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"A growing person is meant for the world, not to stay their parents' child." (Carl Jung, Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923), trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/a-growing-person-is-meant-for-the-world