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My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, b

My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers – this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawfords wire hangers look like pool noodles. – Sloane Crosley

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Its funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. Theyre usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate. – Sloane Crosley

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In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-workers party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image. – Sloane Crosley

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The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus. – Todd Tiahrt

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He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief. – Yiddish Proverb

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No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and Im not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal. – Bill Cosby

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Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. – Nancy Chodorow

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