While parents should always provide shelter from a storm, they should sometimes allow children to play in the rain.
Scold your children, and they will know what is wrong; but correct them with love, and they will know what is right.
A father who denies a child of his attention is no better than a fully-equipped medic who watches idly as a soldier bleeds to death.
Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise.
Children have an uncanny memory for what parents say, but don't do.
Calculated is the truth of adulthood, whereas honest is the truth of a child.
Train children to bear responsibility as you would train them to build muscle. Add what they can handle, then prepare them for more.
Those who judge children in their innocence, prove themselves the lesser of character and the greater of ignorance.
Children are best corrected to the point of their understanding, not to the extent of a parent's frustration.
The most important thing you will ever give your children is a little of your time.
If you can prevent one fight among your children, let it be the fight for your attention.
Show as much interest in what your children tell you as they have in telling you.
Make it a practice to kick yourself for every time you answer your children with the words NOT RIGHT NOW.
