Children have their own inherent blueprint for life, independent of external factors. Within any family, two children - given the same parents and the same social and economic background - will express from the first days of life distinctly different personalities and distinctly different ways of responding to the outside world. Children are not blank slates upon which the environment writes. If we wish to offer "the best" for our children, we need to discern first who they are, and how we can most effectively support them according first and foremost to the child's, not the parent's, needs...

Liz Greene
Introduction to "The Child's Horoscope"