Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.

Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt.

We do not have to get our children to learn; only to allow and encourage them in their learning. We do not have to dictate what they should learn; only to discern and respond to what it is that they are learning. Such responsiveness is at once the most educational and the most loving.

We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment to us, as we are for him.

Everything that happens is either a blessing, which is also a lesson, or a lesson which is also a blessing.

The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then they try to tell us how to fix the child, or else, after blaming the parent, they suggest how we can fix ourselves.

My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.