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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
Don’t try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.
There’s really no point in having children if you’re not going to be home enough to father them.
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.
I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he’s genuinely interested in what she’s going through.
I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.