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Ngl, the use of the term "integration" is really throwing me off because of Severance...

"Kids will take on responsibility for their safety when they are actually responsible for their safety, rather than relying on the adult guardians hovering over them."

"Many kids are afraid to try something new, and their parents don't have the confidence that they can do something new, all of which leads to more overprotection, which leads to more anxiety.[...] Everyday life was a minefield of potential failure and humiliation."

"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius

"Eating well doesn't arise from guilt...For the French, the enjoyment of eating arises because they slow down, savor their food, and find deep meaning in sharing it with other people."

"Learning how to eat like the French was not just about my kids eating vegetables. It was about changing how we nourished ourselves, and about changing our pychological and emotional relationship with both cooking and eating."

"From the French perspective North American parents cram schedules so full that little time is spent teaching kids some of the most basic , important things they need to know, like the proper way to prepare, cook, and eat healthy food."

"If we want to help young people thrive - at home, in school, in the workplace - shifting them into discover mode may be the most effective change we can make."

"We are overpretecting our children in the real world while underprotecting them online."

Attunement forms the foundations for later emotional self-regulation.

"Such games [like rhyming and clapping games] have no explicit goal or way to win. They are pleasurable because they use the ancient power of synchrony to create communion between unrelated people."

"Synchronous, face-to-face, physical interations and rituals are a deep, ancient, and underappreciated part of human evolution."

This is such a good book and I'm only about halfway though, that's all. :)

"'What are you, then?' was the last thing I wanted to be asked at twelve because it established that I stuck out, that I was unrecognizable, that I didn't belong."

"All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways."

There's nothing quite as motivating as the quickly approaching deadline of wanting to start the new year with no unfinished books...

I'm sorry but I just cannot get on board with aspics.

Anna Karenina is one of those books that I think I'd like to read at some point, but in all honesty probably never would, but I'm pretty sure our gentleman here just spoiled the ending...

In his defense, it did come out over over 140 years ago, so really, that's on me.

"If he says he's sorry, but maintains he's not guilty, doesn't that resemble manipulation more than reconciliation?"

I should not have been reading this in public because I wanted to throw the book at the window reading the sentencing.

It's a strange experience to be filled with so much empathy, yet burn with so much anger at the same time while reading.

"No one told me I could do it, except me, which meant that no one could tell me I couldn't do it, except me. This would require trusting myself, fully for once."

"But the compliments didn't feel like compliments when my body language communicated I didn't want to be looked at, didn't want to be spoken to."

"Why is the door open until we have to slam it shut?"

So many things to think about while reading.

"Every match you play, you are one match closer to becoming the greatest tennis player the world has ever seen. You were not born that person. You were born to becomethat person."

Being the best in the world isn't just something bestowed upon you, it's something you work to become.