My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.
As long as I was well fed, I was a very, very nice child. I just used my imagination and played with Barbies. I was pretty easy.
"In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child," says good old Santa Claus; and if he had his way the children would all be beautiful, for all would be happy.
The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
I was allowed to do whatever made me happy. I can't think of a better or more worthwhile approach to parenting.
An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child.
It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful delicious little thing.
I'd love for my son to go, 'Hey, Mom, I'd love to have a career that is stable.' I'd be so happy. But of course, whatever makes him happy is what he's going to do.
In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child.
I am just indulging in watching our daughter grow, seeing her walk around the house, get up and sometimes fall on her bum, it is a beautiful sight and very heartening to see her becoming a loving and happy child.
My son is an inspired child, a very positive and happy child. The year he was born, he travelled 13 countries with us. I still remember he was so well behaved that the flight attendants used to thank him!
A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child's becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult.
Being able to go home to my kid is such a relief because he's such a happy kid. He balances my life out in such a good way.
