Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Real crying usually lasts two minutes or less, but may continue for five. After that point, the child is merely complaining... I would require him to stop the protest crying, usually by offering him a little more of whatever caused the original tears.

Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.

Tell me why it is that a toddler will gag over a perfectly wonderful breakfast of ham, eggs, biscuits, juice, and jelly. But then he will enthusiastically drink the dog's water and play in the toilet. Truly, he is his mother's greatest challenge...; and her most inexpressible joy.