A parenting program should focus on parent's attitudes to themselves, their children, and the relationships they are building with their children.

I can’t even take a stroll through a park. As soon as women see my face they start gathering up their children and running for home.

One of the most important goals to have may well be the goal to create the life you want without preventing other people from creating the life they want.

Spending time with the child or adolescent in mutually enjoyable activities on a regular basis will help to build warmth and trust.

Seeking the counsel of trusted and respected health professionals can also be helpful in providing parents with some balance for their concerns as well as other avenues of support.

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them.

People need to feel safe to talk without their ideas being criticized, judged, demeaned, or mocked.

Sometimes offering support and making yourself available when the child or adolescent is ready to talk can be the most helpful you can be.

There is no one best way for parents to become the parents they want to be just as there is no one best way for a child to grow into a contented and contributing member of society.

I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals.

Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children.

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

If your Idea cannot CHANGE the INDUSTRY, you have added no VALUE

Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to them.

When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.

It is a rule of creative ability that it does nothing of any value, while it is possessed by this afflatus of vanity.

Maybe the man had taken the wrong turning, but at least he'd travelled some extraordinary roads.

The inhabitants of Canada appeared to be suffering between two fires,--the soldiery and the priesthood.

A chimp would never plan to pull another's nails out.

Having a similar outlook on life is the central key for long-term sustainability in any love relationship.

I have no ambivalence about myself wearing make-up or designer clothes but I have an enormous ambivalence about what the fashion world has done to women.