Life, in Diagrams

Nathan January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 Leave a comment

Behold these inspiring diagrams posted by Will Schofield, whose blog seems to specialize in mindbending graphic design.

What DadWagon likes about these schematics, made by Tom Lewis for the CRM textbooks Life and Health (1972) and Developmental Psychology Today (1971), is that they unveil all the deepest mysteries of fatherhood. There are many more in Will’s post (which was also syndicated at TheRumpus), but these three examples below clearly illustrate:

how to make your child terrified of rabbits
why your child comes home from school crying every day
what process eventually makes your child as dead to the world as you are

5368913228_16b676e10a — “Diagrammatic outline of habituation”

All images courtesy of TheRumpus.net

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Nathan Thornburgh is a contributing writer and former senior editor at TIME Magazine who has also written for the New York Times, newyorker.com and, of course, the Phnom Penh Post. He suspects that he is messing up his kids, but just isn’t sure exactly how. View more posts