“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before possible.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point. — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions. — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“The whole point of becoming an adult is to achieve self-reliance.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“The devices meant to simplify our lives merely create new and improved complexities.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not. — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“Online chatting, on the other hand, has been linked to symptoms of loneliness, confusion, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and addiction.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live… — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“No one's brain is different enough to make constant interruptions, distractions, and task-switching an optimal environment in which to function. No one's.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“Have you ever considered whether Perth's 'dullness' may have inspired you rather than inhibited you?” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
“The mind boggles, in other words, but the brain toggles- sometimes quite rapidly, from one task to the next.” — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
