Don't be afraid to be boss.  Children are constantly testing, attempting to see how much they can get away with-how far you will let them go-and they secretly hope you will not let them go too far.
~ Ann Landers

No matter how old a mother is, she always watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
~ Florida Scott Maxwell

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet; there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
~  Anonymous

To the world we are but one person, but to one person, we are the world"
~  Anonymous

Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
~ James Baldwin

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.
~  Oliver Wendell Holmes

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.                   
~ Phyllis Diller

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone or forbid your kids to do it.
~ Monta Crane

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
~ John Wilmont, Earl of Rochester