There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they put down their swords and listened to their mothers.
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is the nature of children of a certain age to cringe wi...
Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our species, and this trust confers survival value. Bu...
Babies are soft. Anyone looking at them can see the tender, fragile skin and know it for the rose-leaf softness that invites a finger's touch. But when you live with them and love them, you feel the s...
It's hard to trust your child to find his or her own path, especially when we're told everyday by professionals that children must fit into rigid boxes. We all want to give our kids the best opportuni...
I believe that many sacrifices need to be made in order to do your best as a parent, but I also believe you don't have to abandon your whole life.
If you bungle raising children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
Sometimes being a good parent is admitting that you weren't a perfect parent.
There is no better example for our children,then the one we set before them every day
Who you are is enough for me. I look at you and all I see, is the champion I knew you would be.
If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, an...
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.
A child's behavior we see on the surface is the reflection of the feelings that are rooted underneath. We can use topical treatments to try to shape what the behavior looks like, but if we really want...
If a child hasn't been given spiritual values within the family setting, they have no familiarity with the values that are necessary for the just and peaceful functioning in society.
We must return to optimism in our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities.
What makes you think children like childish things? Don't tell them how to be children. They want to grow up.
Courageous parenting does not always involve saying no. Parents also need courage to say yes to the counsel of modern-day prophets. Our Church leaders have counseled us to establish righteous patterns...
If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?
Your typical Six-year-old is a paradoxical little person, and bipolarity is the name of his game.
For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.