Most children's first words are 'Mama' or 'Daddy.' Mine were, 'Do I have to use my own money?'

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

I firmly believe kids don't want your understanding. They want your trust, your compassion, your blinding love and your car keys, but you try to understand them and you're in big trouble.

Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted.

... it's simply wrong to always order [kids] to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting.

Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.

No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.