“I believe babies are born as innovative personalities... But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning.” BelieveI BelieveSocialProcessBornLearningTeachingBabyPersonalityExplorationQuestioningStampsInnovative Author:Jay Wright Forrester
“The coarsest father gains a new impulse to labor from the moment of his baby's birth; he scarcely sees it when awake, and yet it is with him all the time. Every stroke he strikes is for his child. New social aims, new moral motives, come vaguely up to him.” ChildrenMomentsFatherSocialMoralBabyBirthGainsLaborAimStrikesImpulseAwakeMotiveStrokes Book:Outdoor Studies, Poems Source: Outdoor Studies, Poems
“Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or whether it was in a social situation. And with kids, you just can't. The rule is you can't really do that because they dictate and they change so much so you just have to go with the flow more and be present and not have big expectations and be amused all the time.” WorldHardBigsKidsSocialSituationBabyFitExpectationsUnderstoodFlowSurroundingsAmused Author:Neil Patrick Harris