Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.

Responsibility is fostered by allowing children a voice and wherever indicated a choice in matters that affect them.

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequence: it affects personality for better or for worse.

Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.