The More Obsessively We Focus On What

The Brain Knows The Real Secret Of Seduction, More Effective Than Even Music And Martinis. Just Keep Whispering, 'gee, You Are Really Special' To That Sack Of Water And Protein That Is A Body, And You Can Get It To Do Practically Anything.

We're In A Culture Where Everything Is Either Consumption Or Production, So Child Care Is Either A Very, Very Bad-paying Form Of Work Or A Very Expensive Luxury That You Purchase. There Isn't A Good Place In Our Picture Of The World For What Caregiving Is About. Even Teenage Babysitters Have Sort Of Disappeared From The Scene.

I Think, At The End Of The Century We'll Have A Generation Of Parents And A Generation Of Children Who Won't Have Had The Deep Satisfactions Of Being Parents And Being Children In The Way That They Might Have And Are Going To Spend A Lot Of Time Fretting And Worrying And Being Hovered Over For Nothing. The Question Isn't So Much "what Will Happen In The Long Run?" But "what's Happening To People's Lives Right Now?"

Children Are The Most Amazing Thing In The Universe, As Far As I'm Concerned. If You're Worrying About How It's Going To Turn Out, You Aren't Experiencing That Day-to-day Satisfaction Of Being With These Incredible, Extraordinary Creatures. Every Single One Of Them Is The Most Incredible, Extraordinary Creature That You're Ever Going To Want To See. I Think The Joy Of Having That Deep Relationship - That's The Core Of What Being A Parent Is.

We Provide A Secure, Stable Space For Children To Grow Up In, So Children Will Be Able To Take Risks And Have Adventures And Do Things That Are Unexpected. If There Isn't A Risk That Your Children Can Fail, Then You Haven't Succeeded As A Parent.