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Being a mom, I can't imagine my child not having a meal. That's hard to digest.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

Across much of the developing world, by the time she is 12, a girl is tending house, cooking, cleaning. She eats what's left after the men and boys have eaten; she is less likely to be vaccinated, to see a doctor, to attend school.

I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup.

Being a mom, I am even more inspired to really help make a difference. I can't imagine what it would be like if my child didn't have a meal to eat.

Being a parent is too complicated and emotional a task for magical techniques and miracle cures.

Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.

A sympathetic parent might see the spark of consciousness in a baby's large eyes and eagerly accept the popular claim that babies are wonderful learners, but it is hard to avoid the impression that they begin as ignorant as bread loaves.

Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.

Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.