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Was I responding to them, and the unique situations in front of me, or was Parentspeak—i.e., our upbringing and culture—holding me hostage, dictating not only what I said but how I felt about what my kids were doing?
“Most people have no understanding of the myriad ways feminism has positively changed all our lives. Sharing feminist thought and practice sustains feminist movement. Feminist knowledge is for everybody.”
― Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
― Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
“Every time you talk to a child you are adding a brick to define the relationship that is being built between the two of you. And each message says something to the child about what you think of him. He gradually builds up a picture of how you perceive him as a person. Talk can be constructive to the child and to the relationship or it can be destructive.”
― ParentSpeak: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children--and What to Say Instead
― ParentSpeak: What's Wrong with How We Talk to Our Children--and What to Say Instead
“Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.”
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“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up ’cause they’re looking for ideas.”
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“Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
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