Ocupation: Author
Life: b. August 7, 1942
Birthday: August 7
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
source: Garrison Keillor (1990). “Leaving Home”, p.22, Penguin
topic: Children, Ignorance, Kids, Rearing A Child, Selective, Child Rearing