My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor.

- Mike Berenstain

As a young adult, I began to read widely in history, philosophy, and religion - including the Bible. I began to feel that a purely secular view of li…

- Mike Berenstain

I sometimes find that my family's emphasis on stories, characters, and art that appeals directly to children rather than over their heads to adults i…

- Mike Berenstain

My father was from a secular Jewish family and my mother from a nominally Christian (Episcopalian) one. They were not religious as adults. They did, …

- Mike Berenstain

Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem to think tha…

- Mike Berenstain

I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian, w…

- Mike Berenstain

Families are where children live. Almost everything they experience is in the context of family life.

- Mike Berenstain