“Kids play make-believe all the time, so they tend to be better at using their imaginations than adults.” Quote by Adam Rubin
“I think it would be great if more adults were able to maintain that joyful creativity that we all experience as children.” IfsThinkingChildrenWould BeAbleCreativityAdultsJoyful Author:Adam Rubin
“We don't wife our husbands and we don't child our parents.” ChildrenParentWifeHusband Author:Alison Gopnik
“We don't measure the quality of our other relationships by how well the other person turns out, for instance whether my husband is a better person after 10 years than he was when I first met him.” YearsFirstsWellsPersonsTurnsQualityMetsHusbandInstanceMy HusbandBetter Person Author:Alison Gopnik
“To support the people we care about is intrinsic, it is not instrumental. It's not something we do because we're hoping to get some other outcome.” PeopleCareSupportOutcomes Author:Alison Gopnik
“Some people say that parents don't matter, and that's not true at all. The irony is that we pay attention to all these things that don't matter, and not to what does matter, such as parents having enough resources to provide an environment where their children have both security and freedom.” PeopleChildrenDoeMatterEnoughParentPayAttentionEnvironmentSecurityResourcesPay AttentionIronySecurity And Freedom Author:Alison Gopnik
“The more obsessively we focus on what a particular food is going to do for us, the less healthy we've become. Simple pleasures become complicated.” SimplePleasureFocusParticularHealthyComplicatedSimple Pleasures Author:Alison Gopnik
“Instead of just saying, "I love my baby and I pick him up because he's adorable and it's so nice to cuddle with him," we practice attachment parenting. We let our children play outside and have age-appropriate freedoms and are labeled free-range parents.” ChildrenPlayAgeParentPracticeNiceBabyPicksOur ChildrenRangeAppropriateAttachmentAdorableMy BabyJust SayingChildren PlayingAttachment ParentingI Love My BabyLove My Baby Author:Alison Gopnik
“Caring for children has always been one of the deepest and most satisfying things that a human being does, and yet it is hard to keep a healthy attitude toward it in our competitive, outcome-oriented society.” HumansChildrenDoeHardHuman BeingsAttitudeHealthyCaringOutcomesSatisfyingChild Care Author:Alison Gopnik
“Rush Limbaugh, whether you hate him or not, he's a great entertainer; he's a great broadcaster.” HateEntertainersHate HimBroadcasters Author:Stephanie Miller