Children who grow up getting nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer,

Preschool children are virtuosos of imagination.

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

We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.

People have criticized me for seeming to step out of my professional role to become undignifiedly political. I'd say it was belated realization that day care, good schools, health insurance, and nuclear disarmament are even more important aspects of pediatrics than measles vaccine or vitamin D.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.