Everyone takes the basic rules for granted. That fact alone makes the mood less anxious.
“You palm your arm to smooth down the shivering hairs. They are picking up on a breeze of self-hatred.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“Marianne expressed her feelings about Connell mainly in terms of her sustained interest in his opinions and beliefs, the curiosity she feels about his life, and her instinct to survey his thoughts whenever she feels conflicted about anything.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Sloane was used to that in men. They erased their women around her.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“It feels powerful to him to put an experience down in words, like he's trapping it in a jar and it can never fully leave him. He told Marianne once that he'd been writing stories, and now she keeps asking to read them. If they're as good as your emails they must be superb, she wrote. That was a nice thing to read, though he responded honestly: They're not as good as my emails.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“First, recognize that children are not adults, and you usually cannot improve their behavior with a discussion. If your four-year-old is taking their shirt off in the museum, they will not respond to a reasoned discussion about how you actually do need to wear a shirt in public places. The flip side of this - more important - is that you shouldn't expect them to respond to adult reasoning. And as a result, you should not get angry the way you would if, say, your spouse was stripping in the museum and didn't stop after you explained why they shouldn't.
Toddler discipline is, really, parental discipline. Breathe. Take a second.”
― Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
Toddler discipline is, really, parental discipline. Breathe. Take a second.”
― Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
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