The Idle Parent Quotes

“Existuje pošetilá představa, že nemá cenu něco dělat, pokud v tom nejste absolutně nejlepší, což vede k tomu, že většina z nás nedělá vůbec nic.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids

“Therefore, the idle parent who wants to stop the whining needs to stop whining himself, and one way is to resist the call to work ever longer and harder hours. Throw your BlackBerry into the river. Unslave yourself. Hard work will not lead to health and happiness. Just ask yourself: would you rather spend your child's first few years playing with them or working for the mega-corp in order to make them profits and you money to buy ribbish you don't need in order to dull the pain of overwork?”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids

“Sledování televize je pasivní. Není to dovednost. Když budete častěji sledovat televizi, nezlepšíte se v tom.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids

“Malé děti poznají lépe Coca-Colu než pórek. Je to tím, že Coca-Cola za marketing ročně utratí dvě miliardy dolarů.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids

“Better to have lots of time than lots of money in those early years. There will be time later for earning.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids

“But we are moaning about the very lives that we have created for ourselves...We were free to go and retire alone in Goa and live on the beach for the rest of our lives, childless and free. But we chose not to do that. And then we complained.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids

“No! Be weak! Give up! You can’t do everything. Lower your standards. Get friends to come and help you.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, The Idle Parent: Why Less Means More When Raising Kids