Carl Hart Quotes

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one.

When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments.

Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

There isn't a clear-cut way to be a parent. We will all make mistakes.

Spend enough time wrangling a toddler, and you get good at being kind but firm. Like your child, you must be doggedly single-minded when it matters.

My parents have always had this philosophy that overindulging your children is one of the worst things you could do as a parent. It's something that was hammered into my head growing up. And while my mom and dad are not professional authorities on parenting, I can confirm from experience that they had a point.

Dealing with kids, you're always going to have to deal with something. I mean, they're kids.

Anyone who has brought up children knows that consistency has absolutely nothing to do with discipline.

Parenting a pre-teen is quite something.

I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.

The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing.

When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.