You can look at life as a series of stages we have to pass through. And as we go through each stage, we learn certain lessons. In fact, we may need to learn the lessons of one stage before we can pass on properly to the next.
John Give me examples of some of the earlier stages.
Robin Well, we all need to have consistent, reliable love and care when we're children. The mother usually plays the most important part in this when we're very young, of course.
John And what do we learn from that?
Robin Well, if our mothers haven't been able to care for us properly, we haven't learned how to take care of others.