From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can you... see how high its towers rise above the houses.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As your baby progresses from one milestone to the next, remember that he doesn't really leave any of them behind. In order to grow... and develop to his full potential he must continually build on and strengthen all of the steps that have gone before.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
God keep your worship! I wish your worship well; God restore you to health! I humbly give you leave to depart; and if a merry meet...ing may be wished, God prohibit it!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are three main parenting jobs: getting your kid to go to sleep without bedtime problems, getting your kid to eat without bei...ng finicky, and getting your kid toilet trained. Nobody I know has scored three out of three.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respect ...the natural parenting talents that each of you has, you may inadvertently cast the two of you into the skewed but complementary roles of the Expert and the Dumb Apprentice.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If work is part of your identity, think very carefully before you give it up. Giving it up won't make you a better mother; it will... make you less of the person you are; and that will make you less of a mother.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
After your baby is born, guilt can grow into a monster that sits on your shoulder and whispers into your ear, "Mirror, mirror on t...he wall--who's the guiltiest of them all?" The answer is working mothers. Every time you can't calm your screaming baby, the guilt monster will tell you that if you were a true mom, an at- home mom, you would know what to do. . . . Everytime something goes wrong at work, it will tell you that it's your fault for trying to be a "supermom."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Good guilt is a product of love and responsibility. It is a natural, positive instinct that parents and good child care providers ...have. If bad guilt is a monster, good guilt is a friendly fairy godmother, yakking away in your head to keep you alert to the needs of your baby.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man such a perso...nally invasive question as "Is your wife having natural childbirth or is she planning to be knocked out?" But someone might ask that of you. No matter how much you wish for privacy, your pregnancy is a public event to which everyone feels invited.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not respon...sible, and nothing is your fault.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »