I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but nonpartisan eyes, I saw each of them as older or younger, bigger or smaller, more or less graceful, intelligent, or skilled than my own child.


Blackberry Winter (1972)


I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but...

I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but...

I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but...

I discovered when I had a child of my own that I had become a biased observer of small children. Instead of looking at them with affectionate but...