Another parent's different approach raises the possibility that you've made a mistake with your child. We simply can't tolerate that because we fear that any mistake no matter how minor could have devastating consequences. So we proclaim the superiority of our own choices. We've lost sight of the fact that people have preferences.
I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.
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As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards then...
Sometimes comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are...
Many children are natural fantasists I think perhaps because their...
If the human condition were the periodic table maybe love would be hydrogen...
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In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people...
I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age...
To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends and now I'm...
My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor...
Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I...
I have mostly been terrified of listening to scary stories around a campfire....
You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave...
I lost my mother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and we had to...
My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They...
I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of...
My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology...
My dad like many Southern men is this very emotionally expressive person...