Elizabeth Scalia
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Donât let social media dopamine lead to putting clicks above parenting - Elizabeth Scalia - The Dialog (opens the original)
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âBad times, hard times, ⦠We are the times: Such as we are, such are the timesâ (Sermon 30, St Augustine). In my youth I knew a mother who played cruel âjokesâ on babies. With a little one seated on her lap, she would temptingly show a biscuit or a candy, and â just as the excited infant leaned forward, arms and legs churning, mouth open â she would devour it, with a laugh. The babies, even very small ones, seemed to understand the cheat. Their subsequent outrage seemed to contain
When the pursuit of clicks supersedes parental love, children are always the losers â Elizabeth Scalia - The Dialog (opens the original)
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“Bad times, hard times, ⦠We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times” (Sermon 30, St Augustine). In my youth I knew a mother who played cruel “jokes” on babies. With a little one seated on her lap, she would temptingly show a biscuit or a candy, and — just as the excited infant leaned forward, arms and legs churning, mouth open — she would devour it, with a laugh. The babies, even very small ones, seemed to understand the cheat. Their subsequent outrage seemed to contain a note of tr
If something is bothering you, pray over it at Mass and leave it all to Jesus - Elizabeth Scalia - The Dialog (opens the original)
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Small sparks of feeling that become all-consuming conflagrations can happen at any time, even, sadly, as one is preparing for Mass. The details aren’t important. Life is hard, sometimes. Living with others, even when we love and value them, can still be a challenge. Stupid arguments encourage thoughtless pronouncements that turn seeming scud missiles — destructive enough — into H-bombs, where exteriors look unharmed while inside there is startling, shriveling death. It doesn’t matter what starts
Bob Dylan makes me want to be 80. Or even 85: 'When you're young you think that time moves forward' - Elizabeth Scalia - The Dialog (opens the original)
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“The best thing about being 80 is that you outlive the clocks that have been chasing you. It’s freedom from that lie than anything was ever under control.” — Bob Dylan In anticipation of President Trump’s 80th birthday, The New York Times asked prominent celebrity octogenarians, Bob Dylan, Gloria Steinem, Robert De Niro and others, to share their thoughts on the best and worst things about experiencing such blessed longevity. I say blessed because, as the psalmist says, “Seventy is the sum of ou
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