Author: Kim Brooks

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In spring 2011, I was arrested for allowing my son, then 4, to wait in a car with the windows open for a few minutes.

In spring 2011, I was arrested for allowing my son, then 4, to wait in a car with the windows open for a few minutes.

- Kim Brooks

People don't think that leaving children alone is dangerous and therefore immoral. They think it is immoral and therefore dangerous.

People don't think that leaving children alone is dangerous and therefore immoral. They think it is immoral and therefore dangerous.

- Kim Brooks

Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacrifice anything for anyone.

Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacrifice anything for anyone.

- Kim Brooks

I wonder if all love affairs, all marriages, all lifelong partnerships, aren't in some ways a turning away from the world.

I wonder if all love affairs, all marriages, all lifelong partnerships, aren't in some ways a turning away from the world.

- Kim Brooks

I grew up in a time when I could play and bike in the neighborhood, largely because my parents assumed that if I ever needed help, I could ask a nearby adult.

I grew up in a time when I could play and bike in the neighborhood, largely because my parents assumed that if I ever needed help, I could ask a nearby adult.

- Kim Brooks

I love my husband. I love my family.

I love my husband. I love my family.

- Kim Brooks

It shouldn't be normal to be anxious all the time about your children, so women should seek mental health help if they're having excessive levels of anxiety.

It shouldn't be normal to be anxious all the time about your children, so women should seek mental health help if they're having excessive levels of anxiety.

- Kim Brooks

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