Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green.

There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green.

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example read more

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. Jesse Jackson -Mario Cuomo.

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . read more

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . -Thomas Bray.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. -Peter Ustinov.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. -Peter Ustinov.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own. -Doug Larson.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own. -Doug Larson.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.

As adults, we must ask more of our children than they know how to ask of themselves. What can we read more

As adults, we must ask more of our children than they know how to ask of themselves. What can we do to foster their open-hearted hopefulness, engage their need to collaborate, be an incentive to utilize their natural competency and compassion...show them ways they can connect, reach out, weave themselves into the web of relationships that is called community. . -Dawna Markova.