” Virginia, like most states, has few guidelines about how closely parents are expected to supervise their children. As a result, I was charged not with leaving my son in the car, but with the misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. “
” We now live in a country where it is seen as abnormal, or even criminal, to allow children to be away from direct adult supervision, even for a second. “
” In a country that provides no subsidized child care and no mandatory family leave, no assurance of flexibility in the workplace for parents, no universal preschool and minimal safety nets for vulnerable families, making it a crime to offer children independence in effect makes it a crime to be poor. “
” Serious relationships draw us away from the circle of friends that seemed so adequate, so fulfilling. Marriage cements these inward movements. Children draw partners closer, but they can also draw you further away from the friends and lives you once knew. “
” People don’t think that leaving children alone is dangerous and therefore immoral. They think it is immoral and therefore dangerous. “
” I love food, but I can’t bear to read about it, to talk about it, to discuss the consequences and context of how we consume it. And this is more or less how I feel about raising children, too. “
” Having children, entering the realm of parents and parenthood, changes our relationship to the world in ways we could not have anticipated and might not have signed up for. Before I had children, for example, I believed strongly in the nobility of suffering. “
” It shouldn’t be normal to be anxious all the time about your children, so women should seek mental health help if they’re having excessive levels of anxiety. “
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