“Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates.”
“Progress! Progress through everybody dying and their kids eventually not caring who their parents hated!”
“Being childless by choice doesn't mean you hate kids,' wrote Jodi. 'In fact, my friends' children are smart, funny, loving, interesting people who just happen to be kids.”
“Kids don't think about their folks nearly as much as everybody imagines. Parents are just there, like background music at the mall.”
“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?”
“The bad kids and the good kids and all kids... They're just people, who deserve to be cared for.”