Reject the fearmongering. Adopt best practices. Slow down

Reject the fearmongering. Adopt best practices. Slow down (Jane Scott, The Confident Parent: A Pediatrician’s Guide to Caring for Your Little One–Without Losing Your Joy, Your Mind, or Yourself)

I always ask myself. Who was it that dyed my heart black, and left a spot for it to grow out from it? – Solitude’s Friend

If you feel like you have to have them for some reason, tell me and we’ll take them out together. Promise?””If you promise not to tell the whole school about this.””I won’t tell them anything. Deal?””Deal.””I think we should seal it.”I gave a jittery laugh. “With a handshake?””I was thinking more like a kiss