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.
More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.
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.
We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.
I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.
If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God.
We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.
Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children.
I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.
I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.
The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.
My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.
Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature.
Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.
