Dinner is a cacophonous exercise of holy sanctification.
Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be.
(n.) The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
The very lack of explicit pressure was itself a compelling force, for it created a world in which the expectation of success was simply there, a fact of life as basic as breakfast.
Parenthood is a very sacred journey but only a few owe it!
I watched 60 Minutes...and they showed this woman, she's in every kind of..thing like that. 'This woman', they say, 'she lost her first four children--died from malnutrition--and, now, she's afraid th...
He was fortified by a memory which kept only the good things and rejected the ill. Despite his sorrows, he had had a fair share of joys and these were ever fresh and accessible.
Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most" of everything to our children in a world of fast dwindling resources?
He has not shown the special interest in reading that we should like to see but he likes shop work. George H. W. Bush's parents on his Andover application
Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.
If my children think I'm genuine, no one else's opinion matters to me.
When we raise our children to Shine, the future becomes brighter!
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, l...
Parents need to see that every situation that their kids find themselves in is a teaching situation, and they need to take the time to explore cost and effect. So talking to your children, explaining...
Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.
It would have been helpful if there was a Mayo Clinic chapter about the topic of "leaving." Man, I would have read that chapter over and over -- leaving your wailing baby in the morning without wantin...
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Raising teenage sons and daughters is a long and tiresome journey. With God's help the final outcome will be worthwhile.
The only thing you really need to be a writer is time. Regular, consistent time, quality time when you're not tired. I write on the bus to and from work, that's my time, 1 or 2 hours every single day....