Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.


If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

Education is only the most fully conscious of the channels whereby each generation influences the next.

I wanted to explore this idea that the bogey man in the closet is scary, but being a mother is scarier.

An exhausted parent can’t provide the best care, although occasionally, we have all had to do so.

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities.

Most kids act out because they want your attention. Don't spank your child show them some attention.

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.

A child may be "spoiled" by a lack of training or by inappropriate love that gives or trains incorrectly.

Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.

That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts?

FAMILY. The ties that bind. The cement that builds character, strength of purpose, mutual respect, values.

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence.

The biggest test for parents is not how they parent, but how the respond to disorder and unpredictability.

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.