Never tell a child that something it’s too hard

ADULTHOOD:
IT CAN EASILY BE
missed, mishandled
or WORSE
mistaken FOR SOMETHING
else

Do not make children cross-eyed, by having hair hang about their foreheads, where they see it continually.

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: ''Checkout Time is 18 years.''

There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

What is it?”
“A prayer.”
“For a child?”
She nodded.
“For me?”
Another nod.
“On a tree?”
“Trees spend all day looking up at God.