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!

Children are the keys of paradise.

Children are the keys of paradise.

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the read more

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

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.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, read more

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.

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.

The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow some from them

The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow some from them

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.