'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.

Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys, Are never valued till they make a noise.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent…

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on u…

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.