Tabitha's review
Rockabye: A Young Mom's Journey from Wild to Child
by Rebecca Woolf (Goodreads author!)
Tabitha's review
Rockabye: A Young Mom's Journey from Wild to Child by Rebecca Woolf (Goodreads author!)
Tabitha's review
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This book is about a woman's journey to maintain her own identity while embracing a new identity as a mother. This book is sincere and insightful.
"No. That is not the world we live in. That is how we are told we must live in order to get by, and unfortunately, no one wants to speak up anymore. Is it possible that that "no child left behind" is just a gentler way of saying that no child will have the freedom to wander away? I stop laughing. 'Actually, no. Conformity is not the only way to succeed.' Because 'getting by' is not what life is about. Aspiring for mediocrity and doing what we are told is not what we should teach our children." (p258-259)
"Wisdom is for sale everywhere we look, but the real answers are inside." (p277)
"No. That is not the world we live in. That is how we are told we must live in order to get by, and unfortunately, no one wants to speak up anymore. Is it possible that that "no child left behind" is just a gentler way of saying that no child will have the freedom to wander away? I stop laughing. 'Actually, no. Conformity is not the only way to succeed.' Because 'getting by' is not what life is about. Aspiring for mediocrity and doing what we are told is not what we should teach our children." (p258-259)
"Wisdom is for sale everywhere we look, but the real answers are inside." (p277)
