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The off Button
In Fritz Allhoff & Sheila Lintott, Motherhood ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 167–179 (2010-09-24)
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This chapter contains sections titled: A Shared Fantasy Thinking About This Shared Fantasy Thinking About Our Thinking About This Fantasy Notes.Author's Profile
motherhood, is this everything ‐ fantasy meeting reality off button ‐ thought experiments and control of children thinking about this shared fantasy the child ‐ would simply “wake up” feeling rested philosophical thought experiments, fodder for stories and film ‐ Harry Potter and his cloak of invisibility busy making good use of moments of peace ‐ and children would not be getting any benefit Judith Warner referring to “the Mess” ‐ in her Perfect Madness ‐ Mothering in the Age of Anxiety thinking about ‐ our thinking about this fantasy off buttons, not for children but adults also ‐ spousal off button, mother‐in‐law off button, drunken uncle off button children in testing our patience ‐ driving us out of our minds, limiting our control over them
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