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.

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.

A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.

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.

Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.

To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.