I can't stand the 'I don't care' attitude from children, the 'I don't have time' attitude from parents, and the setting of unattainable goals without the proper resources from politicians.

The beauty of "spacing" children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

Next time we need to schedule this before the alien abduction, ... Parents should be out there cheering, 'Yeah, we're ready for school to start.'

It is time to say 'yes' to Europe, time to let go, as doting parents whose children have reached maturity must let go. Indeed, let us accelerate the day of Europe's reclaiming its full independence by setting a date certain for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops.

More than this, I believe that the only lastingly important form of writing is writing for children. It is writing that is carried in the reader's heart for a lifetime; it is writing that speaks to the future.

Travel surveys show that parents want to spend more time with their children, and, believe it or not, kids say they want to do things with their parents. This gives them something to do together.