Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
I believe that children have to grow up as all-round personalities, but it cannot be at the cost of academics.
Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying?" (Seeing all her children assembled at her bedside in her last illness.)
We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors
Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.
One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the Indian experience.
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.
I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.
I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.
We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit.
But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way.
I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has had on the black family and black children.
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.
My mother was adored by her family and by the scores of children she took care of and their parents, all of whom called her 'Miss Woody.'
Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.
John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.
It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
