Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, a other must have her children believe she has never engaged in sex, never made a bad decision, never caused her own mother a moment's anxiety, and was never a child.

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.

A child develops individuality long before he discovers taste