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“A baby’s brain is a result of that evolutionary history. It does not learn language passively, but only in an environment of social responsiveness and social interaction.”
― Dana Suskind, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

“When your self-image is as a math “nonperformer” and you’re challenged to learn a math skill, your brain uses up your intellectual energy by arguing with you that you really can’t do it, a kind of mental barricade on the road to accomplishment. You may inherently have the ability to learn it, but that ability is eroded by the roiling doubts that wear it away. Even girls who do well in math typically assess themselves as inferior to their male counterparts, self-stereotyping apparent in girls as young as seven. Shown to affect long-term achievement, it’s hard not to equate this with the relatively small numbers of women going into math, engineering, and computer science.”
― Dana Suskind, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain

“As we transitioned to smartphones, a twenty-four-hour news cycle, and a plethora of ways to keep up with family, friends, and complete strangers via social media, we also saw a parallel need for a balm from that stimulation overload. Self-care was no longer relegated to the realm of health, nor was it about standing up against oppressive systems. Instead, it morphed into a release valve, designed to bring you a momentary sense that things are all right.”
― Pooja Lakshmin, Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness

“One of the greatest ironies is that the gender stereotypes seem to be a legacy handed down from mother to daughter, a reflection of one generation’s insecurity being passed on to the next generation, ad infinitum. Moms consistently overestimate their sons’ math abilities while underestimating their daughters’, even when confronted with actual math achievement.”
― Dana Suskind, Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain