Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.

I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.

I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or punishment. But I do believe they can be induced through relationships where parents and children are growing together. Such relationships are, I believe, build on trust, example, talk, and caring.

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

Those of us who are in this world to educate-to care for-young children have a special calling: a calling that has very little to do with the collection of expensive possessions but has a lot to do with worth inside of heads and hearts.

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

Try your best to make goodness attractive. That's one of the toughest assignments you'll ever be given.