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It’s impossible to have fun when your home situation forces you to grow up early.
“A lie, after a lot of lies. So many lies she'd told, so many true things she could have said but never did, all because she'd been too scared of the truth, of driving the people she loved away from her. All because she'd been afraid to lose them. All because she hadn't wanted to be alone again.
Well, the lying hadn't worked out too well. In fact, it had downright sucked lately. Time for plan B, then.
Time for some truth.”
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Well, the lying hadn't worked out too well. In fact, it had downright sucked lately. Time for plan B, then.
Time for some truth.”
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“How likely is it that your feedback will cause me to cry under the shower?”
― The Love Hypothesis
― The Love Hypothesis
“The only time I can't think is when I'm doing gymnastics, and what if that won't work anymore, because now gymnastics means losing? My voice cracks and I'm close to tears, but I don't want to cry. I want to fix this.”
― Finding Her Edge
― Finding Her Edge
“Perhaps we should sometimes resist analysing what it is to be childish and instead develop ways to be alongside children that allow us to feel a little more what it is to be childish.”
― Schemas in the Early Years
― Schemas in the Early Years
“Noticing the potential message in children's behaviors and responding appropriately and respectfully is our aim. Reflecting upon Becky's enclosing and tying-up of her toys, it is clear that she needed the freedom to safely express herself without judgment and for an adult to interact and not interfere. Many adults seek to control children's play or stop them if they see a child playing in ways they deem inappropriate.”
― Schemas in the Early Years
― Schemas in the Early Years
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