Let parents bequeath to their children
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Telling a teenager the facts of
Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
The child supplies the power but
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
Children that are raised in a
Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes.
There are 80 million moms in
There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children.
I thought that once we were
I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.
In response to our fast-food
In response to our fast-food culture, a ‘slow food’ movement appeared. Out of hurried parenthood, a move toward slow parenting could be growing. With vital government supports for state-of-the-art public child care and paid parental leave, maybe we would be ready to try slow love and marriage.
Don’t try to make children
Don’t try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.
Mothers – especially single mothers – are heroic
Mothers – especially single mothers – are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation’s children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families’ well-being.
Mothers all want their sons to
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.
I wasn’t very good about
I wasn’t very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children’s birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.
The number of stressors has multiplied
The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn’t been able to keep up.
Kids are a great analogy. You
Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don’t want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it’s also a parent’s worst nightmare: That they won’t need you. It’s like the real tragedy of parenting.
Of course, the ideal scenario for
Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.
Education, like neurosis, begins at home
Education, like neurosis, begins at home.
If you’re asking your kids
If you’re asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
Loving a child doesn’t mean
Loving a child doesn’t mean giving in to all his whims to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
Each day of our lives we
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
There are only two lasting bequests
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
A mother who is really a
A mother who is really a mother is never free.