There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
~Erma Bombeck

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business...

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.
~Bill Cosby

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
~Theodore Hesburgh

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
~Michael Levine