Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car. You get about the same results. To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today. The smartest advice on raising children is to enjoy them while they are still on your side. The right temperature in a home is maintained by warm hearts, not by hot heads.
Parents are people who bare infants, bore teenagers, and board newlyweds.
Life's golden age is when the kids are too old to need baby-sitters and too young to borrow the family car. Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. A child outgrows your lap, but never outgrows your heart. Adolescence is the age when children try to bring up their parents. Those who've never had any.