“All of us have to learn how to invent our lives , make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don't, our lives get made up for us by other people .” PeopleIfsNeedsMadeShowsOur LivesImagineTaughtSkillsGuides Book:The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Source: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
“Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them.” IfsFeelsChildrenBookHomeCareReadingAsksParentInterestRoomsImagineStyleSkillsOur ChildrenBreatheTeenagerYour ChildrenPushingUnusualNurtureQuirkyNonconformist Author:Alexandra Robbins
“The naive notion that a mother naturally acquires the complex skills of childrearing simply because she has given birth now seemsas absurd to me as enrolling in a nine-month class in composition and imagining that at the end of the course you are now prepared to begin writing War and Peace.” WritingWarEndsMotherCoursesGivenClassImagineMonthsBirthSkillsPreparedComplexesNotionNineAbsurdAcquireCompositionNaiveNine Months Author:Mary Blakely