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Why love matters.(LOVE & MONEY)(Critical essay)
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Quarterly Essay
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March 1, 2008
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- Manne, Anne
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The Melbourne psychotherapist Frances Salo-Thompson once made a simple but profound point to me about child-rearing. The most important thing, she said, is that a child feels enjoyed. As I listened, a memory flashed out from years back. I was teaching at Melbourne University and scurrying to a class. In the staff common room, I saw out of the corner of my eye a mother holding a baby aloft in the air, glorying in her presence. They were both gazing into one another's eyes and laughing. There was aliveness and intensity but also an easy playfulness in the mother's face, mirrored back to her by the joyous baby.
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