If Parents Are The Fixed

If Parents Are The Fixed Stars In The Childs Universe, The Vaguely Understood, Distant But Constant Celestial Spheres, Siblings Are The Dazzling, Sometimes Scorching Comets Whizzing Nearby.

All Of Us Gardeners Know That Nothing Comes Out The Way You Planned. It's A Different Garden Every Year, And It's Always Sort Of Different From What You Were Thinking When You Began. What It Really Means To Be A Good Gardener Is To Work Hard To Produce An Ecosystem That Will Have Enough Diversity, Enough Possibilities, So It's Robust, And It's Resilient, And It Can Change When The Seasons Change. And That Kind Of Robust, Unexpected, Variable, Messy System - That's What You Want To Create When You're Having Children, Too.

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.

What Happens When Children Reach Puberty Earlier And Adulthood Later? The Answer Is: A Good Deal Of Teenage Weirdness.

Adults Tend To Think They Have Much Free Will. Kids Younger Than Six Are Less Sure. They May Be More Realistic!