Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. -Unknown.

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. -Unknown.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will read more

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. -Margaret Fuller.

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

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

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.

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? read more

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? All you have to do is speak. Go give some away now.

An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with-for you are a caretaker for those moments read more

An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with-for you are a caretaker for those moments in time. -Doc Childre.

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example read more

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. Jesse Jackson -Mario Cuomo.

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.

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.