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I'm Afraid The Parenting Advice To Come Out Of Developmental Psychology Is Very Boring: Pay Attention To Your Kids And Love Them.

All Of Us Gardeners Know That Nothing Comes Out The Way You Planned. It's A Different Garden Every Year, And It's Always Sort Of Different From What You Were Thinking When You Began. What It Really Means To Be A Good Gardener Is To Work Hard To Produce An Ecosystem That Will Have Enough Diversity, Enough Possibilities, So It's Robust, And It's Resilient, And It Can Change When The Seasons Change. And That Kind Of Robust, Unexpected, Variable, Messy System - That's What You Want To Create When You're Having Children, Too.

Animals Are Certainly More Sophisticated Than We Used To Think. And We Shouldn't Lump Together Animals As A Group. Crows And Chimps And Dogs Are All Highly Intelligent In Very Different Ways.

You Read A Bunch Of Books And You Get A Bunch Of How-tos, And You Take A Bunch Of Classes And You Learn A Bunch Of Techniques. You Set Yourself Goals And Benchmarks. I Think People Have Imported That Into Their Experience Of Taking Care Of Children.

Becoming An Adult Means Leaving The World Of Your Parents And Starting To Make Your Way Toward The Future That You Will Share With Your Peers.