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I hate homework. I hate it more now than I did when I was the one lugging textbooks and binders back and forth from school. The hour my children are seated at the kitchen table, their books spread out before them, the crumbs of their after-school snack littering the table, is without a doubt the worst hour of my day.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: After-School Back Before Books Children Crumbs Day Did Doubt Forth Hate Homework Hour Kitchen Kitchen Table More Now Out School Seated Snack Spread Table Textbooks Than Them Without Worst

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Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Basic Before Being Consider Do-It-Yourself Even Failure Father Feminist Generally Growing Growing Up Had Hammer Hand He His Jewish Jews Knew Manage Married More Needed Only Owned Pair Real Shoe Something Thought Tool Tools Up Used

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The biggest challenge for any craft person or artist is to accept the constraints of their medium and make something beautiful despite them. That's kind of fun, actually.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Accept Actually Any Artist Beautiful Biggest Biggest Challenge Challenge Constraints Craft Despite Fun Kind Make Medium Person Something Them

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I believe that mothers should tell the truth, even - no, especially - when the truth is difficult. It's always easier, and in the short term can even feel right, to pretend everything is okay, and to encourage your children to do the same. But concealment leads to shame, and of all hurts shame is the most painful.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Always Believe Children Difficult Easier Encourage Even Everything Feel Hurts Leads Most Mothers Okay Painful Pretend Right Same Shame Short Short Term Should Tell Term Truth Truth Is Your I Believe I Believe That

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I expend far too much of my maternal energies on guilt and regret.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Energies Far Guilt Maternal Much Regret Too Too Much

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Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Carnegie Carnegie Hall Chance Children Crushes Debut Excuse Fail Gives Hall Like Only Others Roaring Some Succeed Tiger Turns Who

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I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: About Always Ashamed Exposing Find Given Hurt Kids Other Others Out People Power Secret Something Soon Tell You

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One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Bad Children Darkest Deepest Failing Falling Far Fear Feel Ideals Many Mothers Nowadays Our Own Short Us

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By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my children how truth can redeem even what you fear might be the gravest of sins.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Both Children Even Experience Faithful Fear Honest Hope How Might Mother Presenting Readers Record Redeem Show Sins Truth You

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Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them while they do their homework, holding them while they weep their tragic tears. But I'm not in love with any of them. I am in love with my husband.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Am Any Bathing Children Day Every Every Day Four Good Hair Holding Homework Husband Love Part Sitting Spend Tears Them Tragic Weep While Whom Yes I Am

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Novelist

Born: December 11th, 1964

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