If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what's important to them.

When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

If you go to prison, your child support adds up.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

If you took your child to the dentist and check for cavities, the child likely won't get them. If you take them just for emergency, that's all they're gonna get.

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.