Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck -- and, of course, courage.

Each child is a unique person, so raise your child taking this fact into
consideration.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

Give your best smile to your child and be assured your child will smile for life

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'