Erik Erikson. the great child psychologist. once said that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a childs spirit." I believe that that sin is being committed in many different ways. millions of times every day to American children throughout this land. In the nearly 8 years I have served in the Senate. I believe I have worked as much on the problems of poverty and disadvantage as any of my colleagues. I have seen the faces of cheated childrendestroyed almost before they had a chancein the migrant camps of Florida. Texas. and California. I have seen them on Indian reservations in the West. the East. and in Alaska.