Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.
Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.
I think it's important to have a happy parent.
[To beginning readers (ages 4 to 8) at a reading of "Noelle's Treasure Tale"]: If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.
It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.