When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there's no one else to turn to / you can call on each other / and count on each other ... / because each other / is all you have.

When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories / Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.

Let us be different in our homes. Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing, we have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their "rightness." The whole world will tell them what's wrong with them--out loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what's right about them.

No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less. / Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.