Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best read more

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from read more

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

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

Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad read more

Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.