Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and...

I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what is it that leads girls certain directions in life. I think a lot of that goes back to what kind of...

My daughter loves to do art stuff. As a father, I like to play with her. We break out the big pads of paper and the glitter and all the stuff. She likes to do what she likes to do. I want to do...

We read our children stories starring elephants and monkeys and bears to teach them about nobility, curiosity and courage, to warn them against selfishness and stubbornness.

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.

At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have...

I recently discovered Artkive, a wonderful app that allows you to archive your child's artwork and create cool gifts like photo albums, mugs, mousepads, etc. It's very easy to use, and since Arabella...

Today's new age parenting guarantees you'll hear children screaming, whining, and begging for items and attention in an airplane, store or any other public place.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Being mom is one of my favorite things. It makes my day watching my kids grow and accomplish things in their lives.

Happiness is when you realize that your kids have grown up to be AWESOME people!

Patients are almost always preceded by their parents, because no matter how fast an ambulance can drive, terrified parents can drive faster.

A mother is the person who takes care of you when you're sick. The one who holds you when you're afraid. The one who follows the bus to school on the first day to make sure you made it okay. I have...

The Government's going to pass a bill regarding schools. Well I never. Interfering gang they are, as if a parent doesn't know what's best for her own child. I don't know, I don't know! We won't be...

Anisette! You will eat your food, not demonstrate aerial warfare across the table with it.

Kids don't care how many sermons you preach to them. The only sermon they'll hear is how you live your life in front of them.

Being a good parent is not an obligation, it is a choice. Plenty of people fall short in the parent category and quite a few refuse to accept it. You will do a much better job if you understand that...

Mom smiled and brushed my hair away from my face. You can call yourself whatever you want. Okay. Sophie Awesome Sparkle - Princess it is.

Allow yourself to think that the possibility of failure is a necessary part of parenting well... . Avoiding the possibility of failure means avoiding the possibility of being an extraordinary parent -...

We all say we want our kids to be happy, only happy, and healthy, but we don't want that. We want them to be like we are, or better than we are. We as humans are very unimaginative in that sense. We...

Just because a child doesn't have both parents raising him or her, doesn't mean that child becomes half the person they were meant to be. One wonderful parent can love enough for two, and love will...

Children need the lie to be brave enough to sleep in their beds

A child is like a ship. One can never be too young to be steered to the right course.

Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to...

Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy's little girl.

I think we owe it to our children to share our wisdom. If we share our wisdom for the purpose of changing our children, then that's hitting them over the head with a hammer or shoving something down...

Nature attunes children to receive the coded messages that parents issue how to live a joyful and virtuous life.

Good parents have good hearts to accommodate the little things that mean a lot to their children. Good parents have good hands to touch and shape the little things that mean a lot to the life of their...