The More Obsessively We Focus

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.

Adults Often Assume That Most Learning Is The Result Of Teaching And That Exploratory, Spontaneous Learning Is Unusual. But Actually, Spontaneous Learning Is More Fundamental.

The Radio Was An Improvement On The Telegraph But It Didn't Have The Same Exponential, Transformative Effect.

Caring, Whether For Children Or The Dying, Shouldn't Be Instrumental. It Should Be An Intrinsic, Moral Good.

I Think, At The End Of The Century We'll Have A Generation Of Parents And A Generation Of Children Who Won't Have Had The Deep Satisfactions Of Being Parents And Being Children In The Way That They Might Have And Are Going To Spend A Lot Of Time Fretting And Worrying And Being Hovered Over For Nothing. The Question Isn't So Much "what Will Happen In The Long Run?" But "what's Happening To People's Lives Right Now?"