#rent

At what age did I start to think that where I was going was more important than where I already was? When was it that I began to believe that the most important thing about what I was doing was getting it over with? Knowing how to live is not something we have to teach children. Knowing how to live is something we have to be careful not to take away from them. ↗

— Colin Beavan

#parenting #teaching #age

For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted like puzzle pieces joined together to make sense of the world. ↗

— L.R. Knost

#children #motherhood #parenting #play #age

When I was your age I knew how to listen to television and learn a few things. ↗

— Lewis Nordan

#television #age

Why are you so angry?” His question surprised me, and I laughed a little. “This isn’t angry,” I smirked. “This is just me. Get used to it. ↗

— Amy Harmon

#amy-harmon #anger #angry #anger

A daughter,' Rowley scooped up the child and held her high. The baby blinked from sleep and crowed with him. 'Any fool can have a son,' he said. 'It takes a man to conceive a daughter. ↗

— Ariana Franklin

#art

Era deste jaez (feliz palavra árabe, cada vez menos usada e cujo significado vem em todos os dicionários e bela expressão tão rafada em tempo de letras mais bojudas, que qualquer escritor, com uma única excepção, hesitaria em usá-la), era deste jaez, dizia (fórmula de repetição também recuperada do arsenal literário e que se destina a evitar que a atenção do leitor se distraia e comece a pensar noutras coisas, nanja no essencial), dizia (embora antes seja meu dever chamar a atenção para este magnífico "nanja", que não é de origem japonesa, mas sim de etimologia facilmente descortinável) e tendo-me eu esquecido da continuação da frase vou retomá-la, desde o início com vossa licença. ↗

— Mário de Carvalho

#parentesis #português #art

So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don't nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes. ↗

— Rebecca Eanes

#discipline #gentle-parenting #humanity #parenting #parenting-tip

President Obama's reelection started the countdown for lawmakers to address the fiscal cliff and the statutory debt limit. Unless the President and House Republicans can agree on changes to current law, the U.S. economy will be in recession by spring. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#agree #changes #cliff #current #current law

Every day is a surprise. There are confirmations of an interconnectivity and synchronicity which inspire, titillate and confirm the inherent comedy of the universe. ↗

— Billy Zane

#confirm #day #every #every day #inherent

You're incredibly, absolutely, extremely, supremely, unbelievably different. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#beauty