As a mother I see the future in the present. Every little thing she does or says makes me form a hypothesis of how she will see life and treat others in 20 years. So...

If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors. I hope and pray that all you parents in the sound of my...

Someday my children will look fondly on the annoying things I did and see them clearly as evidence of love.

You will either profit by or pay for what your children become. raise them properly.

You can’t make me be nice.You can’t make me be good.You can’t make me believe.But your example, your kindness, your patience and love will affect me perhaps enough that eventually I may choose to do...

Sometimes to be a good parent… You have to laugh when you want to be angry. You have to be angry when you want to laugh. And that is why good parenting is tough.

What is more powerful than the love of a mother? Perhaps only God’s hand in answering her earnest pleadings on your behalf.

… Low expectations.

Children who have faith have distinctly different characteristics from those who don’t. In fact, one of the main manifestations of a person with strong faith is the ability to give—not just in terms of money...

Every parent is an artist, but not every artist is apparent.

The best words of wisdom that a parent can say to their child is “I Am proud of you”.

Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule, but with common-sense exceptions), courteous (especially to the elderly, no matter their apparent...

Raising a child whether yours or not, is being anointed by God to be the guardian of his Kingdom in a form of a child.

Children are taught to look down on their nurses (nannies), to treat them as mere servants. When their task is completed the child is withdrawn or the nurse is dismissed. Her visits to her foster-child...

Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it...

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you’re young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids...

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents’ lives before I was born.

You can’t predict the outcome. You can’t raise a child and then tell them what to think.

You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California– someplace with gourmet groceries and nude beaches because you’ve reared them to cook good and be liberal minded. It’s...

Our children were allowed to help when they were little, urged to help when they grew a little older, and sometimes ordered to help when they were teenagers.

To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself–that is the first duty of the educator.

Einem Kind die Erziehung zu verweigern grenzte in meinen Augen an Misshandlung.