There's a world of difference between, "Look at this mess you made!" and "I don't like to see food on the floor!

Six o'clock means very little to a three-year-old. It works better to say "after dinner, " or "as soon as the baby takes her morning nap.

We can't give a child a natural consequence. The only truly natural consequences are the ones found in nature.

Why did you throw sand when I just told you not to?"What child says, "Hmm, why did I? I guess there's no good reason. Thanks for pointing that out. It won't happen again.

Studies find that kids who are punished are more likely to misbehave in the future. Punishment actually increases the undesired behavior.

Fear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women.

Our only hope is faith in God.

Incarnation is good news not because it offers us a way out of the mess of this world, but because it shows us what God's love looks like here and now.

A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.

Nothing can survive on the planet unless it is a cooperative part of larger global life.

Is it impossible to imagine Americans sneaking into Mexico en masse, seeking regular employment and a better way of life?

The holy spirit of the Spring Is working silently.

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.

There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world.

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.