Manny

“One way of overcoming the fear of the new is to make it look like the old.”
― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

“There is no happier child than the one who is freed from the burden of too much power and who is able to rely on the competent authority and leadership of his effective parents.”
― Beth A. Grosshans, Beyond Time-Out: From Chaos to Calm

“We bridge the Gulf of Execution through the use of signifiers, constraints, mappings, and a conceptual model. We bridge the Gulf of Evaluation through the use of feedback and a conceptual model.”
― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

“7.5 percent of American children between the ages of six and seventeen took a prescribed medication for “emotional and behavioral difficulties.” Poor children were more likely to take psychiatric medications than those not living in poverty (9.2 percent versus 6.6 percent). Boys were more likely than girls to be medicated. Non-Hispanic whites were more likely than people of color to be medicated.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence