I've got more freckles than just about anybody. My children didn't get them, thankfully. They have tiny little freckles.
Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to England for an extended period.
I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.
All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.
I find that children have very little trouble understanding non-literal stories.
Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.
Wars are indeed fought by children, by young people who have little to say in where they are sent to die.
Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced.
The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.
I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.
As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.
I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children.
My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.
We moved to a place where we felt the children could have as normal an upbringing as possible. Los Angeles was not it. We live in a place with clean air and animals.
We owe it to our children to be honest about the world and to provide them with material written specially for them.
Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.
The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.
If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.
That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children.
I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful.
Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.
