My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level and it s because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives

Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t oke enough holes to drain it dry.

There's no single effort more radical in it's potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

Parents who always whisper the word "sex" unintentionally tell their kids, "I don't want to talk about this. Get your answers elsewhere.

We seem to need the motivation of pain or discomfort to drive us from our current manner of thinking and being to a higher level of reality.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.

Then the dreaded words, Your child has autism. These words echo in their heads like a freight train blasting through their hopes and dreams.

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

That's the news from Lake Woebegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude with regards children in the raw as a sort of raw material which we must handle.

I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world.

Consistency also teaches us that some things do not change, though we may wish they would. Not everything bends to our personal preferences.

A small step forward . . .every . . single . . .day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today?

Currently, the average age of exposure to hardcore pornography is 9 years old. None of this can be good for anyone... except the sex industry.