There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.

It’s easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child—at least till you try to get him to do something.

It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.

No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.