Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult read more

If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson.

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set read more

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. -Bill Vaughan.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . read more

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . -Thomas Bray.

As adults, we must ask more of our children than they know how to ask of themselves. What can we read more

As adults, we must ask more of our children than they know how to ask of themselves. What can we do to foster their open-hearted hopefulness, engage their need to collaborate, be an incentive to utilize their natural competency and compassion...show them ways they can connect, reach out, weave themselves into the web of relationships that is called community. . -Dawna Markova.

Teenagers are people who act like babies if they're not treated like adults. -MAD Magazine.

Teenagers are people who act like babies if they're not treated like adults. -MAD Magazine.

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we read more

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. from Teaching Children to Love, introduction. -Joseph Chilton Pearce.