Bother Quote by Daniel Goleman

Parents sometimes simply don't have enough hands and time and attention to do all that is urgent. But in all things there is a…

— Richard L. Evans

Strange new problems are being reported in the growing generations of children whose mothers were always there, driving them around, helping them with their…

— Betty Friedan

“Child-- "I can't be patient, that's not a word, so don't even say it mommy." Mommy-- "What?”

— Mel Brown

“DEAR MISS MANNERS: Should you tell your mother something if it is important when she is talking to company? I am six. GENTLE READER:…

— Judith Martin

A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner.…

— Mitch Albom

She studied my face for a long minute. "Are you going to help my mom?" It was a simple question. But how do you…

— Jim Butcher

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

— Alfie Kohn

“A mother knows her children’s weaknesses, even if she sometimes refuses to acknowledge them.”

— Mary Campisi

One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask.

— Richard L. Evans

“Get busy mother f---er!”

— Garth Stein

“Mothers are multi-taskers.”

— Sophie Kinsella

What advice can we give to new mothers? Their children need to work at an interesting occupation: they should not be helped unnecessarily, nor…

— Maria Montessori