Quote: Harry's shrink can also teach the mother that baking cookies is something Harry would very much like to do with her, because he loves cookies and wants to share that love with his mother. Harry's mother can learn to expand her expression of love by learning to bake cookies, simply because she loves Harry -- not because she has to prove anything, or fix anything, or meet any kind of minimum requirement set forth by Harry.
What if Harry's mother doesn't want to go along with this plan? Life with Harry is just fine if she learns to ignore his pissy moods and his temper tandrums. Harry eventually learns that his mom isn't going to make the cookies on a regular basis, so he learns to like carrots, which mom has plenty of, can be eaten raw, and aren't so bad really.
