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You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Jeannette Walls
Children, Parent, Swim
Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.

Jeannette Walls
Children, Growing Up, Kids
"The Glass Castle". Book by Jeannette Walls, 2010.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.

Jeannette Walls
Mom, Children, People
Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

Jeannette Walls
Children, Negative, Reinforcement
Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

Jeannette Walls
Mom, Children, Kids
Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.

Jeannette Walls
Baby, Children, Fun
Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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