Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing to her while she plays with her cheap little bath toys in the tub.
Emily YoffeWhen you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself.
Emily YoffeThere are some people who do not have a wild past because being wild would make them terribly self-conscious and uncomfortable.
Emily YoffeWhen my daughter left for college, I lost my in-house consultant to youth culture. There's just stuff I don't get. And there's something kind of pathetic about someone my age trying to pretend she gets it, so I don't try to pretend.
Emily Yoffe