after all, girls are taught to be polite and accommodating. Being rude or blunt would be a display of bad manners. Historically, women have ignored their instincts, alerting them to danger because they don’t want to overreact or, God
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“I will feel the pang of separation when she is two, when she is twelve, when she is twenty. My daughter will tackle other more important milestones, other more difficult accomplishments that she must achieve on her own. And I, who once shared a blood supply with her, who once had her all to myself, must wait and watch and smile, and continue this exploration of motherhood, this bittersweet experience of maternal love, this continual process of bravely saying goodbye.”
― Mother Shock: Tales from the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute of It
― Mother Shock: Tales from the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute of It
“Toddlers walk through life like we all wish we could: confident, demanding, and 100 percent positive that they are the center of the universe. They can kick their father in the testicles and feel nothing. They love to laugh. They love to destroy expensive cosmetics and to fingerpaint with long-wearing lipstick. Toddlers love to render electronic devices useless. They enjoy making debit cards and keys vanish into thin air. They like to permanent marker on shit. Toddlers live that #thuglyfe better than any of us could even try to because toddlers. don’t. give. a. fuck. The quicker you understand that, the better. Repeat after me: Toddlers don’t care and they never did.”
― Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault
― Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault
“motherhood is not a job at all. It is a full-time, all-consuming, life-subsuming career with no pay, no stock options, no social security, and lots of lip service with little actual respect (just watch the difference in people’s reactions to you when you tell them you are a project manager instead of a mother).”
― Mother Shock: Tales from the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute of It
― Mother Shock: Tales from the First Year and Beyond -- Loving Every (Other) Minute of It
“Your role is not to make your child happy every moment of the day regardless of the personal cost, but to raise her to be a thoughtful, kind, productive citizen of the world. Some people would beg to differ, but it’s not a choice to discipline or not. Your child needs discipline, just like she needs food and water.”
― Jo Frost's Toddler Rules: Your 5-Step Guide to Shaping Proper Behavior
― Jo Frost's Toddler Rules: Your 5-Step Guide to Shaping Proper Behavior
“Note: One terrible aspect of preschool and day care is that it will put you in direct contact with parents who are doing better than you are. During drop-off and pickup, you will notice that there are parents who drive very expensive vehicles and are physically attractive, fit, and well-dressed. We call these people punk bitches (applies to males and females) and avoid them. If it helps, imagine that their personal life is in shambles. Look for the parents who look like they were just released from prison: unshaven, hunched over, afraid of sunlight, confused, shoes on the wrong feet, etc. These are your people.”
― Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault
― Toddlers Are A**holes: It's Not Your Fault
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