Don't correct in children the faults you left untouched in yourself.

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

What it means

It is easy to see our own worst habits in the young and attack them there. Jung says the work has to start with the adult. Fix it in yourself first.

The source

"Don't correct in children the faults you left untouched in yourself." 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.

"His culture must never remain at a standstill, otherwise he will begin to correct in the children those faults which he has left untouched in himself."

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 "Don't correct in children the faults you left untouched in yourself." mean?: It is easy to see our own worst habits in the young and attack them there. Jung says the work has to start with the adult. Fix it in yourself first.
Who said "Don't correct in children the faults you left untouched in yourself."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Contributions to Analytical Psychology (1928), 'Analytical Psychology and Education', Lecture I (1923).
What is the original wording?: His culture must never remain at a standstill, otherwise he will begin to correct in the children those faults which he has left untouched in himself (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
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"Don't correct in children the faults you left untouched in yourself." (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/dont-correct-in-children-the-faults-you-left