The same people who tell us that smoking doesn't cause cancer are now telling us that advertising cigarettes doesn't cause smoking....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. W...e cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us back ...out in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
At times it seems that the media have become the mainstream culture in children's lives. Parents have become the alternative. Amer...icans once expected parents to raise their children in accordance with the dominant cultural messages. Today they are expected to raise their children in opposition to it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »