Amanda Buckley

“Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.”
― Phyllis Diller

“Say “no” only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fine. Samuel Johnson said, “All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.”
― Gretchen Rubin

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

“Psychology researchers now claim that it is important for babies to learn how to stop crying by themselves. Fortunately, many parents still prefer to comfort their babies. If they didn't, we might find ourselves living in a society of very solitary people, who had learned to control thier distress rather than to find strength through sharing it.”
― Naomi Stadlen, What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing