"Children need an atmosphere of gladness. Law should not make its restraints hang like chains upon them. Sternness and coldness should have no place in home life or in family government. Plants do not need sunshine and air any more than children need joy and gladness. Unhappiness stunts them, so that their sweetest graces never come out."
~J.R. Miller in "The Home Beautiful"

Oh wow! Taking this to heart.
LOVE this so much. Stealing.