I don't want my daughter to grow up and feel like she has to try that hard to get people to accept her.

My dad still collects newspaper clippings about me.

Life gets busy and we choose the path of least resistance when it comes to bringing up our children.

If I had a son, I would steer him away from wrestling. It was fun for me, but for most it's not healthy in the long run.

I wake up around seven, and I give my daughter breakfast. I spend the first hour or two of her day with her.

How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

My mom actually would not allow me to watch 'Dawson's Creek!'

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

After five kids I have seen it all.

I tried being a stay-at-home mom for eight weeks. I like the stay-at-home part. Not too crazy about the mom aspect.

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...

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.

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...

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

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.

My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they...

I love children and I get along with them great. It's just that I believe if you're going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, 'I want a family.' I don't feel that sense of...

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...

It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.

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...

In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

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.

Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

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.