One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would...

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would...

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when...

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add...

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week...

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week...

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.