“At best, IQ contributes about 20 percent to the factors that determine life success, which leaves 80 percent to other forces.”

“the sculpting of the brains circuitry during this period of brain growth depends to a great degree on what a child experiences day-to-day.”

“the real tests of life can come a childs way at any moment,”

“They are full of wonder and awe and can play creatively. Sometimes they can sense things that adults often take time to perceive or know. For example, young children are able to make quick intuitiv...”

“the sculpting of the brain’s circuitry during this period of brain growth depends to a great degree on what a child experiences day-to-day.”

“the real tests of life can come a child’s way at any moment,”

“A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have ...”

“It takes a society to raise a generation.”

“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. Its everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery B...”