A stab had clearly once been made at de-uglifying these public spaces by painting a corridor a jaunty yellow. This was because, it turned out, babies come here to have their brains tested and someone thought the yellow might calm them. But
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“As a family they are bound very neatly and yet there is also a porousness, the sort of friendly distance that enables each member of the family to be his or her own person.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“Because with a breakup of this magnitude, others might think there would be a release in it, an escape from the prison of being coupled, of being so obsessed with your partner that you can't enjoy the mindless organization of laundry day. But the opposite it true. Maggie's prison is the entire outside world. It's the largest prison and she may go anywhere she wants.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“Sloane was used to that in men. They erased their women around her.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“Everything her mother did was what she thought was best, as all mothers do -- invisible service in the shadows of the things for which they themselves had longed.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“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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