"Hitting a child is wrong and a child never, ever, 
under any circumstances except literal physical self-defense, 
should be hit."

      -- Murray A. Straus


           "Childlessness is Hereditary. If your parents 
didn't have any children,then you won't have any children 
either."

      -- Unknown


           "Treat the earth well: it was not given to you 
by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. 
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow 
it from our Children. We are more than the sum of our 
knowledge,we are the products of our imagination. " 

      -- Ancient Proverb 


          "To nourish children and raise them against odds is
in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars
or design nuclear bombs."

     --  Marilyn French


           "If there is anything we wish to change in the 
child, we should first examine it to see whether it is 
something that could better be changed in ourselves."

     --   Carl Jung


           "Children are poor men's riches." 

     --   English Proverb


           "Children are the living messages we send to a 
time we will not see." 

     --   Neil Postman


           "Children are the anchors that hold a mother to 
life." 

     --   Sophocles



           "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist 
after he grows up." 

     --   Pablo Picasso



           "...children and the simple-hearted are nearer to God than most 
of us." 

     --   Maurice Francis Egan 




"Children are treasures God sends from above
Joy beyond measure to snuggle and love 
Like snowflakes in winter, no two are the same 
Each one is special; they each have a name 

Warm as the sunshine, more sparkling than dew 
Like the breaking of day, they are always brand new 
Swift as the shadow of a bird on the wing 
Soft as a lullaby you hear mothers sing 

More enchanting than fairies or elves 
They hold you spellbound just being themselves 
They capture your heart with only a smile 
Give you the courage to walk that long extra mile 

They're a bundle of laughter, a tiny tear drop 
Sweeter than cake with frosting on top 
You hold their hands; they hold your heart 
They're a wee bit of Heaven right from the start 

Fulfilling your dreams beyond compare 
God's Masterpiece to love and to share 
To cherish and guide in the way they should go 
You are blessed with a gift only God can bestow" 

     --   Catherine S. Nagy (Martin Seibert's Great-Great Aunt)