The fact is that child rearing is a long, hard job, the rewards are not always immediately obvious, the work is undervalued, and parents are just as human and almost as vulnerable as their children.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctive…

There are only two things a child will share willingly- communicable diseases and his mother's age.

Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

'Oh, son, I wish you hadn't become a scenario writer!' she sniffled. 'Aw, now, Moms,' I comforted her, 'it's no worse than playing the piano in a call house.'

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.