Parenting Quotes by Sloane Crosley

8 Parenting quotes by Sloane Crosley

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Sloane Crosley’s sharp humor and contemporary voice make her parenting snippets a fresh read. In eight brief lines, she captures the absurdities and tender moments of family life with a witty, relatable edge.

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“Names I am most commonly called by telemarketers: Simone, Slain, Siobhan, Flo, Stacey, Susan, Slater, Leanne, and Slow (Yes, my parents named…

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He also tried to block the doorway when she left him. My mother ducked under his arm, ran to her car, and…

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“When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the…

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I never asked my mother where babies came from but I remember clearly the day she volunteered the information…my mother called me…

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I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this.…

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Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals,…

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My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959…

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My mother is a special education teacher but also an artist, and my father an advertising executive. They are about as wacky…

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“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from a dinner…

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As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during…

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“If I could just get my partner to see me how she used to - to fall in love with me all over again…

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I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as…

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It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep.

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Book tours are such a little tapas meal of where I could live.

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I wouldn't want to live in Berlin. It's bombed out and there's a lot of techno.

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The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled,…

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“Shortly after this exchange my roommate suggested we start throwing water balloons at the construction workers. Not really at them because, I know, I…

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When it seems impossible that a deep connection with another person could just go away instead of changing form. It seems impossible that you…

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Because I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off…

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“How can we not still be rooting for the younger versions of ourselves as if they actually exist, playing catch-up in time? Who wouldn’t…

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There is no such thing as a crazy dog person in New York. Are there people who are completely insane about their dogs? Hordes.…

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As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver.…

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