Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve read more

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went read more

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.

Children have more need of models than critics.

Children have more need of models than critics.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take read more

We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort