Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.

Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.