Children have more need of models than of critics.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.

Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.

Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw read more

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw this kid up.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as read more

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.