“Accept the children the

way we accept trees—

with gratitude, because

they are a blessing—but

do not have expectations

or desires. You don’t

expect trees to change,

you love them as they

are.”

Isabel Allende

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

Margaret Mead

“Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.”

Bill Ayers

“When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911. ”

Erma Bombeck

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read

them more fairy tales.”

Albert Einstein

“Children see magic because they look for it.”

Christopher Moore

“Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”

Robert A. Heinlein

“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”

John Wilmot

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.”

Garrison Keillor, Leaving

“We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.”

Harry Edwards

“ Children do not care how much you know until they know how much you care “

Teddy Roosevelt

“A baby is God's opinion that the

world should go on.”

Carl Sandburg

“When we are no longer

children we are already

dead”

Constantin Brancusi

June 1, 2014