Now that… my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you! – Forest Houtenschil, c.1980

In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time. – Author Unknown

In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck — and, of course, courage. – Bill Cosby, Fatherhood, 1986

Mother Nature is wonderful. Children get too old for piggy-back rides just about the same time they get too heavy for them. – Author Unknown