Society frowns upon candidness, except in privacy; good sense knows that it can always be abused; and the Child fears it because of the unmasking whi… - Eric Berne

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Society frowns upon candidness, except in privacy; good sense knows that it can always be abused; and the Child fears it because of the unmasking which it involves. Hence in order to get away from the ennui of pastimes without exposing themselves to the dangers of intimacy, most people compromise for games when they are available, and these fill the major part of the more interesting hours of social intercourse. That is the social significance of games.