Parents sometimes think of newborns as helpless creatures, but in fact parents' behavior is much more under the infant's control than the reverse. Does he come running when you cry?

Babies need social interactions with loving adults who talk with them, listen to their babblings, name objects for them, and give them opportunities to explore their worlds.

A healthy newborn has been delivered in a more or less satisfying fashion. The baby is feeding well, has short nails and a clean bottom, and has not drowned. What now?

All we know is that the school achievement, IQ test score, and emotional and social development of working mothers' children are every bit as good as that of children whose mothers do not work.

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time

What if I don’t like adventure?Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.

But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.

We are just living this moment; we don't have to live 150,000 moments at once. We are only living one. That's why I say you might as well practice with each moment.

I've decided to stick with love.

Everybody forgets the basic thing; people are not going to love you unless you love them.

I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed.

I'm sure this Jesus will not do Either for Englishman or Jew.