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

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

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.

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's read more

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. -Dennis Fakes.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.

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

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

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.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.

If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult read more

If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson.

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.