I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

If you have parents who can't show you love, a kid can grow up to look arrogant. Because they need to create a fake self. Or they think they're more powerful than they really are.

My daughter Mira's first media experience was with the first-generation iPad more than five years ago. Her speech therapist used this with her to encourage her to talk, as she was speech delayed. I...

The more kids are involved, the more likely they are to eat the food. Getting them involved gets them excited, and kids are much more likely to try something that they were involved in the process of...

Lily is really together - she's a sharp kid and one of the smartest human beings I have ever met. Whatever she is doing, if she needs any advice, I'm there for her. Kids are going to make their own...

Any child who reads widely, often and for pleasure will inevitably make comparisons between what they're reading, why they're reading and how they're reading.

My 3-year-old daughter is somewhat psychic. I hate the abuse of that word, so let's just say... intuitive. She was born 'in the caul,' meaning my water never broke, and superstition says that makes a...

I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, you're a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.

Kids lead a very private life.

It's really great to get your kids involved in the kitchen. Not only will they have an appreciation for food, but their palates will expand.

I think my daughter looks beautiful regardless if she's losing her baby teeth or if she's having a bad hair day.

Being a lazy parent and letting your kid watch stuff that's not appropriate for their age is one of the bigger mistakes you can make.

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.

If your daughter loves tennis, don't send her to dance classes. Let them learn spirituality. Don't shut them up in air-conditioned rooms where they watch TV all day and snack on chips. Let them get...

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies,...

Prompting children to create imaginary worlds is hugely important.

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.

When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.

I found I was being pushed to one side and I was being earmarked as being thick, which is a very damaging thing to be told as a young kid.

When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.

Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a...

The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education.

My theory is, 'Happy mommy, happy baby.'

I see it as this: I send my kids to school not only to learn how to read and write and do math, but also to develop socially. So if there's a negative interaction between my child and another child,...

A child's appetite for new toys appeals to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

Now, my mom did not read well and she read 'True Romance' magazines, but she read with me. And she would spend 30 minutes a day, her finger going along the page, and I learned to read. Eventually, by...

We have this thing as human beings: we have a profound need for story. That's what kids need.

That's the one thing before parenthood that no one really impressed upon me, that all of my children would be so different.

I won't let my daughters go on screens at least half an hour before bed because I think it stimulates them a little bit.