Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? read more

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? All you have to do is speak. Go give some away now.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.

You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.

Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous.

Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous.

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.

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.