Of course, I get angry. Of course, I get sad. I have a full range of emotions. I also have a whole smorgasbord of ways of dealing with my feelings. That is what we should give children. Give them ... ways to express their rage without hurting themselves or somebody else. That's what the world needs.

If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?

Often, problems are knots with many strands, and looking at those strands can make a problem seem different.

We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

And those handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value! The value is that the child put whatever he or she could into making them. The way we parents respond to the giving of such gifts is very important. To the child the gift is really self, and they want so much for their selves to be acceptable, to be loved.

We all have only one life to live on Earth, and through television we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative, imaginative ways.