OK, I have really, truly lost it. Two moves back and forth across the country, I swore I would jettison every bit of baggage unnecessary to my life, particularly everything heavy; I cussed I swore I kicked things, I frightened poor dear Blair and Abby who helped with my storage. I have crap in Mom’s […]
“Mood is especially important for children because of the ways in which they view television and overhear remarks… There is no framework of understanding into which their reflections can be placed. It is as if children’s education were dominated by the overheard remark… It is not as if they see the adult world as separate and of no interest to them. On the contrary, they show such interest that they struggle hard to make sense of it in their own way…” Cedric Cullingford, Children and Society, quoted in PowerPlay: Toys as Popular Culture
