Parents make tough calls every single day, and part of being a parent is knowing that sometimes the things you do will work and sometimes they won't work.

They're superb. That's really a tribute to the parents and teachers.

Get to know your children personally. Know that they can teach you as much as you can teach them. You are learning together.

It starts with one thought and how you perceive the situation and what you think is going to happen. Your thoughts may be based on what happened in the past that wasn't positive or what you think is going to happen, but without any evidence that it will.

In the tradition of psychology, what the word shyness basically refers to is if someone is worried about how he or she appears to other people.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.