A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.

Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives.

There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an enthusiast.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life.