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“Instead, parents just have to be good enough. They have to provide their kids with stable and predictable rhythms. They need to be able to fall in tune with their kids’ needs, combining warmth and discipline. They need to establish the secure emotional bonds that kids can fall back upon in the face of stress. They need to be there to provide living examples of how to cope with the problems of the world so that their children can develop unconscious models in their heads.”
― David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement

“First, they had good character. They were energetic, honest, and dependable. They were persistent after setbacks and acknowledged their mistakes.”
― David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources Of Love, Character, And Achievement