How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.

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

The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.

It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.

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.

Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways thatgive their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents' love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We're afraid we'll lose the love of our children when we don't let them have their way.