Our Biggest Problem As Human Beings Is

Life Is Not What It's Supposed To Be. It's What It Is. The Way You Cope With It Is What Makes The Difference.

Parents Teach In The Toughest School In The Word: The School For Making People. You Are The Board Of Education, The Principal, Theclassroom Teacher, And The Janitor, All Rolled Into Two. . . . There Are Few Schools To Train You For Your Job, And There Is No General Agreement On The Curriculum. . . . You Are On Duty, Or At Least On Call, 24 Hours A Day, 365 Days A Year, For At Least 18 Years For Each Child You Have. Besides That, You Have To Contend With An Administration That Has Two Leaders Or Bosses, Whichever The Case May Be.

Many People Are Living In An Emotional Jail Without Realizing It.

We Get Together On The Basis Of Our Similarities; We Grow On The Basis Of Our Differences.

Negotiating The Adolescent Stage Is Neither Quick Nor Easy. . . . I Have Often Said To Parents, "if It Isn't Illegal, Immoral, Orfattening, Give It Your Blessing." We Do Much Better . . . If We Find And Support All The Places We Can Appropriately Say Yes, And Say Only The No's That Really Matter.