“Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking were dangerous for women. Articles in the Lancet declared that women's brains would burst and their uteruses atrophy if they engaged in any form of rigorous thinking. The famous physician J.D. Kellogg insisted that novel reading was the greatest cause of uterine disease among young women and urged parents to protect their daughters from the dreaded consequences of print.” IfsThinkingWritingWellsFormYoungReadingCausesParentBrainNovelCenturyDangerousProtectDiseaseDaughterConsequenceMedicineEngagedBranchesPrintSexismArticlesPhysiciansYoung Women19th CenturyAtrophyReading WritingUterusWriting And Thinking Author:Dale Spender
“Four of my children are daughters, and Ive watched them devote themselves to reading books about how little girls learn to become women - how they learn to deal with boys and men, and the different hurdles females have to go over.” MenChildrenLittlesBookDifferentGirlReadingDealsBoysFourDaughterFemaleMy ChildrenReading BooksHurdle Author:Robert K. Massie
“I read "Milk" and immediately I was very emotional after reading it and then I saw the documentary - the one that Rob Epstein did - and I said that's it. I saw it with my daughter and that was it. This thing is a different thing. It's like I've been offered these kind of superhero movies or "Terminator" or whatever those movies are and I just go ahh.” KindSaidDifferentReadingSawsEmotionalDaughterDifferent ThingsMy DaughterMilkDocumentariesSuperhero Author:Josh Brolin
“The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of real girls talking about everything from stress and body image to love and materialism. Reading this book, I cringed in recognition of my own drama years, just wishing this book had been around back then and so grateful I'll have it as a guide for my own daughter.” YearsHeartBookRealStoriesBodyGirlReadingWishParentMy OwnTalkingAdviceDramaDaughterStressGratefulFilledGuidesPracticalsRecognitionMaterialismTeensBody ImageStirringSo GratefulReal Girl Author:Melissa Walker
“When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.” WritingIdeasCoursesReadingBornSleepNovelBabyDaughterMagazinesMy DaughterPregnantEarnestMosesBasketsWere Pregnant Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I think I passed that on to my daughter, who went plowing through 'Harry Potter' and every other book possible!” ThinkingChildrenBookMotherReadingGrewGrew UpDaughterPassionateMy DaughterHarry PotterPottersOnly ChildPlowing Author:Kate Beckinsale
“Again, let's pay all due respect to De Palma and put him over here so we're not saying, "Mine's deeper, mine's better." Let's just say, in reading the book, what I fell in love with was this mother-daughter story that was so amazing and so profound.” BookStoriesMotherReadingPayMinesDaughterProfoundDeeperDuesMother Daughter Author:Kimberly Peirce
“Sometimes I'll say, "I wrote that book," and the person will look at you as if you're really strange. One time that happened to my daughter on a plane. She was sitting next to a girl who was reading one of my books and my daughter said, "My mother wrote that book." And the girl started to quiz my daughter, asking her all sorts of questions, like what are the names of Judy's children and where did she grow up. My daughter thought it was so funny.” IfsLooksChildrenPersonsSaidBookSometimesMotherGirlReadingNextNamesGrowsGrowing UpHappenedStrangeDaughterSittingAskingPlanesMy DaughterOne TimeQuiz Author:Judy Blume
“My four-year-old daughter regularly requests reading Book One [the March] at bedtime; the methods of reading, delivering, and processing the book's content vary according to a kid's age and developmental level, but she's deeply affected by the story, asking follow-up questions for days.” YearsBookStoriesKidsAgeReadingLevelsFourDaughterAskingMethodMarchAffectedFour YearsReading BooksRequestVaryDeliveringBedtimeProcessingDevelopmentalFollow Up Author:Nate Powell
“My daughter is reading various Young Adult vampire stuff, and I ask her, "Is there even a bad vampire in the story?" There's always a good vampire now, but do any of them sleep in coffins? And I would bring her down to my library and say, "Here's every classic vampire literature. There are coffins, there's this, there's that," you know? "When you get to the YA stuff, you may try some of this stuff just to see where it came from."” TryingReadingLiteratureSleepDaughterLibraryYoung AdultVariousVampireClassicMy Daughter Author:Mike Mignola
“It's been very jarring for me to stand in public and read about myself and my daughter and her father. I feel like I'm reading someone else's story, and I feel like I've lost something, too, in the writing of self, as if I'm standing and reading myself, as a stranger, to other strangers.” WritingReadingFatherDaughterStrangerMy Daughter Author:Jill Talbot
“My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the children's rooms are crammed with expensive books, but the parent's rooms are empty. Those children do not see their parents reading, as I did every day of my childhood. By contrast, when I walk into an apartment with books on the shelves, books on the bedside tables, books on the floor, and books on the toilet tank, then I know what I would see if I opened the door that says 'PRIVATE--GROWNUPS KEEP OUT': a child sprawled on the bed, reading.” IfsKnowsChildrenBookHomeReadingParentWalksPleasureRoomsDoorsChildhoodBedDaughterEmptyTablesSevenComplainingExpensiveGradesMy DaughterContrastApartmentShelvesToiletsTanksGrownups Author:Anne Fadiman
“A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity that ever were written.” MindReadingWrittenHonestySonDutyKingsDaughterEthicsEducationalDryDivinityLastingMy DaughterVolumeImpressedLivelyLearSon And DaughterFilialFilial Duty Book:Jefferson: Political Writings Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I’m going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don’t remember reading.” RememberMotherReadingSportsDaughterHatedMy DaughterLove To Read Author:Dorothy Hamill