One life stamps and influences another, which in turn stamps and influences another, on and on, until the soul of human experience… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
If my sons are to become the kind of men our daughters would be pleased to live among, attention to domestic details… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology,fate . . . until we… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Since civilizing children takes the better part of two decades--some twenty years of nonstop thinking, nurturing, teaching, coaxing, rewarding, forgiving, warning, punishing,… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
With two sons born eighteen months apart, I operated mainly on automatic pilot through the ceaseless activity of their early childhood. I… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Although a firm swat could bring a recalcitrant child swiftly into line, the changes were usually external, lasting only as long as… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
One year, I'd completely lost my bearings trying to follow potty training instruction from a psychiatric expert. I was stuck on step… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Certainly, words can be as abusive as any blow. . . . When a three-year-old yells, "You're so stupid! What a dummy!"… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology,fate . . . until we can actually… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
In motherhood, where seemingly opposite realities can be simultaneously true, the role of nurturer invariably conflicts with the role of socializer. When trouble came… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Mothers are likely to have more bad days on the job than most other professionals, considering the hours: round-the-clock, seven days a week, fifty-two… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
By now, legions of tireless essayists and op-ed columnists have dressed feminists down for making such a fuss about entering the professions and earning… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Families don't always realize that mother is exhausted, because mother is always exhausted. Exhausted is what looks normal. — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
If my sons are to become the kind of men our daughters would be pleased to live among, attention to domestic details is critical.The… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
After I discovered the real life of mothers bore little resemblance to the plot outlined in most of the books and articles I'd read,… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out of turn,… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Most literature on the culture of adolescence focuses on peer pressure as a negative force. Warnings about the "wrong crowd" read like tornado alerts… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
However global I strove to become in my thinking over the past twenty years, my sons kept me rooted to an utterly pedestrian view,intimately… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
In the range of things toddlers have to learn and endlessly review--why you can't put bottles with certain labels in your mouth, why you… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
