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

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Behavior
Positive
Children
Fussing
Reinforcement
Encourages
Cry
Negative

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But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.
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Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
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Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour, she'd ask us, when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?
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Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.
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That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.
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....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.
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I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.
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It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
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Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.
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I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
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My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
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Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
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If you don't think you're hurt, then you aren't
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What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.
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Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican. She shook her head. Where are the values I raised you with?
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Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.
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