Amanda

“relationship between breastfeeding and education, income, and other variables is a problem for research. Having more education and more resources is linked to better outcomes for infants and children, even independent of breastfeeding.”
― Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

“the fundamental question of our domestic politics over the next generation is how to continue to protect our society’s less fortunate while simultaneously enabling advancement and mobility for everyone.”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

“Death, family crisis, and newborns—the end of a life, trying to keep a life, and welcoming in a new one—these are three things that will shake your floor, give you clarity, remind you of your mortality, and hence, give you courage to live harder, stronger, and truer. Three things that make you ask yourself, “What matters?” Three things that make you realize, “It all does.”
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

“Uncertainty can be your friend, and friends aren’t just people we put up with. We have adventures with them. We throw our arms around them. Our lives are better because they’re a part of them. The same is true for unknowns.”
― Meg Jay, The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age