Sublime

And there, as years passed, this wonder-woman bore child after child, five of them—all girls.

She said it was crucial that parents tell their babies the truth in order to gently affirm what the babies already know.

Perhaps there are still traces of the nursery food mentality around. In some families, the injunction to avoid salt in a child’s diet for the first year spills over into a generalized avoidance of flavor, as if a ten-month-old couldn’t handle the pungency of garlic or paprika. To dine with the parents of toddlers may entail a meal of boiled broccol

Barbara Sarnecka, an associate professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine, told Lenore that today “adults are saying: ‘Here’s the environment. I’ve already mapped it. Stop exploring.’ But that’s the opposite of what childhood is.”

J’ai longtemps pensé que devenir père signifierait devoir renoncer à mes rêves. J’avais fini par m’en persuader. Mais j’avais tort. En vérité, je craignais de ne pas être à la hauteur. Être parent est le plus grand des défis.

Franz, toi un enfant ? Je laissai échapper un petit rire. Tu es la personne la plus responsable que je connaisse ! — Justement, je me trouve trop responsable, trop prudent. Tu vois, les enfants sont authentiques, ils n’ont pas de filtres. Ils créent et jouent intuitivement. Devenir adulte, c’est enfiler un masque et adopter une identité acceptable.

De certa maneira, ela ainda está muito apegada às impressões, formadas no quinto ou sexto ano de vida, de uma mãe forte, capaz e cuidando de tudo.