Cursed by a Happy Childhood Quotes

“whether another half hour of Rugrats was really worth it. After all, a quarter was good for a plastic ring or a rubber spider out of one of those gumball-type machines, set in places sure to ensnare children in possession of newfound riches. Sure enough, she started to watch less TV, read even more, and”
― Carl Lennertz, Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now

“There is a great variety of smart, wellwritten family-situation programs, with really good messages about making choices, telling the truth, and much more. Superb TV is still anything on PBS (except for fund-raisers involving the Three Tenors or Four very old Tops), but for parents and kids to enjoy together, Lizzie McGuire rules and Bill Cosby reruns can’t be beat. There was a time,”
― Carl Lennertz, Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now

“times, but no matter. Down the slide, around, and back up. Down, around, up. Over and over again, never getting bored. After being told what to do and how to behave most of the day, this is their moment of abandon . . . and control. At first we join in the play, but after the umpteenth push on a swing, our restless adult minds return to thoughts about work or a project around the house that needs doing. We see our day as finite; a child sees it as infinite. But when we let ourselves see the world through their eyes and in simpler”
― Carl Lennertz, Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now

“counting—counting the minutes until our bedtime so he could have a quiet evening with Mom! I’m sure he was taking in the natural beauty of the setting—and this is a particularly sublime spot that I am still drawn back to every year— but he must’ve also been smiling to himself that he had so easily deployed the wear-your-kids-out-by-letting-them-run-and-jump-so-they’ll-go-to-sleep-earlier”
― Carl Lennertz, Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now