If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.

Children have more need of models than critics.

Children have more need of models than critics.

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.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in read more

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

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.

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.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas