a mother's influence

"If human infants are not surrounded by genuine love from birth, radiating outward into a truly caring family and social environment, then we pay for our failure toward the next generation by having to live in a world torn with fear and hate...The importance of security for babies and mothers outweighs every other issue. If that is not achieved, everything else we do merely sustains human masses to struggle on from crisis to crisis."
~ Harry Guntrip

I read this quote in a textbook and I thought wow. Even the "big brains" acknowledge the importance of loving, stable homes as the basis of a righteous society!!

Growling Grizzly

Okay, do anybody else's kids behave like a grizzly bear when they're sick?!?! Joanna has had a NASTY cold for five days now and all day, every day, she has been growling, moaning, and screaming like a grizzly bear! I sympathize with her completely, I really do. I, too, hate being sick. It's so miserable. But c'mon. We've got wailing and gnashing of teeth going on over here!!! What a drama queen. I hope she gets better soon. Not just for my sanity, but for her to feel healthy again.