3 Quotes & Sayings By Susan Conant

Susan Conant is an award-winning author and journalist who writes on parenting, parenting education and other parenting issues for a variety of publications. She is the author of five books, including The Smart Parent's Guide to Raising Money-Smart Kids (2011), and Smart Moves: How to Raise Money-Smart Kids (2008). Her writing has appeared in Parents magazine, the New York Times, and other magazines and publications. She has been a guest on NPR's All Things Considered and has appeared as a parenting expert on numerous television shows including Today, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The View, CBS Early Show.

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A strong man next to you in bed is a comfort, but real security is a German Shepherd bitch on guard at the door. Susan Conant
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Universal dilemma of the real dog person: You leave the dog home, you worry what will happen to him when you’re out. You take the dog with you, you worry that something will happen to him when he’s alone in the car…. The solution, of course, is to keep the dog at your side twenty-four hours a day, every day, but then you worry that your constant presence is making the dog neurotically dependent, and besides, you can’t go anyplace that doesn’t allow dogs, so you can’t go to work or get your hair cut or go to the dentist. And then, of course, you feel guilty because, after all, doesn’t your wonderful dog deserve a better owner than this poverty-stricken, shaggy-headed slob with decayed teeth? Meanwhile, the dog doesn’t worry about anything. Why should he? That’s what he has you for, and for obvious reasons, he trusts you completely. Susan Conant