“To only support a child, without equal amounts of challenge, is to create an emotionally dependent cripple.”
- King Ayles, writer
“There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature.” - Ayelet Waldman, writer