The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal.

It's not the words but the music that counts.

If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

Don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.