You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.