Regardless of what another person says or does....never fear love and loving.

Respect.  Respect for others and respect for themselves.  Love for others and for themselves, and that is OK to be different.

Those two things will lead you far in life.

As a mother myself, I agree with Lauren in that teaching compassion is extremely important. I will add that while it may not necessarily be teaching, but showing my daughter that i love her unconditionally has created such amazing results in her life. She is about to be 6...

Many years ago, when I was a young teacher (and before I became a parent) I always made it a habit to ask the parents of the most delightful children what parenting wisdom they could share with me.  I had a little girl in my class named Joanna.  She was sweet, k...

How to love and how to be loved. How to love themselves for who they are.

I believe the most important thing to teach children is how to play.  It has been said that imagination is the core of intelligence.  Everything invented had to be imagined before it was created.  Play and laughter is important to the physical, social and e...