Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.

It's simply wrong to always order kids to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting.

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.

The child of Themistocles governed his mother; the mother governed her husband; the husband governed Athens; Athens governed Greece; Greece governed the world. Therefore, Themistocles' child governed the world.

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.

Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.