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“Food is a product of economic supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers creative, and the demanders are informed.” Pg 242

Technology, which, linked to business interests, is presented as the only way of solving these problems, in fact proves incapable of seeing the mysterious network of relations between things and so sometimes solves one problem only to create others.

Young people demand change. They wonder how anyone can claim to be building a better future without thinking of the environmental crisis and the sufferings of the excluded.

Helping our sons grow into great men is not a task for wimpy moms. Fortunately for our sons, most of us are anything but wimpy. It takes courage, tenacity, and a bit of chutzpah to raise strong men, but that is part of the joy of being the mother of a son. And one of the most courageous things that we mothers can do for our sons is acknowledge their need for their fathers (or good men) and help them have better relat

Principle I You Are the Expert with Your Child
Principle II A Relaxed Parent Is a Better Parent
Principle III Confidence Is a Key to Effectiveness
Principle IV Kids Are More Normal Than Adults Think
Principle V Authority Belongs to Parents
Principle VI Discipline Is Action, Not Words

Her over-reliance on reason is temporarily blinding her to a basic axiom about kids: By nature, children are more focused on doing what will bring them instant pleasure than on doing what adults define as “reasonable.” That’s why reasoning, which can quickly become nagging, is so often an ineffective teaching tool.