Thursday's Thought

"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent."
~ Erich Fromm


"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."
~E.B. White

"We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important."
Eric Carle

“I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense.”
― Beatrix Potter, The Complete Tales

"Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity."
~Kay Redfield Jamison

"If you haven't time to respond to a tug at your pants leg, your schedule is too crowded."
~ Robert Brault


"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you will go."
~Dr. Seuss


"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again."
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

"We simply have to show our kids what true greatness looks like with our lives."
 ~Dr. Tim Kimmel


"The best gift and investment you can give your child is your time."
 ~Kevin Heath

"Kids spell love T-I-M-E."
 ~John Crudele