Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

Cash is the one gift everyone despises and no one turns down.

No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with.

How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.