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

Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age.

Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.

I was so afraid of being bad and being caught at it.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.