The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will read more

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. -Margaret Fuller.

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.

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

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

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set read more

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. -Bill Vaughan.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, read more

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. -Hodding Carter.

An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with-for you are a caretaker for those moments read more

An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with-for you are a caretaker for those moments in time. -Doc Childre.

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

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

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we read more

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. from Teaching Children to Love, introduction. -Joseph Chilton Pearce.