A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.
Jane SmileyMy characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative view of life.
Jane SmileyCombined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is one that has benefited all of them.
Jane SmileyMen are competent in groups that mimic the playground, incompetent in groups that mimic the family
Jane Smiley