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“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“You will either profit by or pay for what your children become. raise them properly.”
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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“Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.”
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“Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.”
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Tonya’s 2025 Year in Books
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