Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.