Neil Kurshan Quotes

You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend.

I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

The best mother is the mother who adapts, and the best children are the children who adapt as well.

I wouldn't say I'm strict. I love to communicate with my kids, and I constantly check in and try to talk things through instead.

It's very important what you say to kids. You have to walk a very fine line between talking about your life and talking about what you've done.

I don't think my dad ever raised his voice to my mother or to me, ever.

I believe that communication is the key to a happy and successful family in our society.

I hope all the kids out there who don't like listening to their mothers, who yell and scream at them, that moms are always right just so you guys know.

You need to be able to sit down and talk to your children.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13.

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.

The strengths and failings of a relationship depend entirely on your ability to talk about your feelings.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.

And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear.

We're always working on our communication, which is something that's important. Instead of going through managers to discuss things, we will sit down and have meetings about things. That's a process. And you have to be able to be honest with each other as much as you can.

The relationship between parents and children who live together is a growing one, and it shifts every day, especially during the teenage years.

I don't think you should bring up your kids with no wallowing. Somewhere in there is an area where you make sure your kids are all right, but they can also cry. Just maybe not every morning.

I've always engaged in open, honest communication. There's no topic that can't be discussed.

My mom. Growing up with her, she always taught us to say whatever. Like, 'You think something, say it. Don't bite your tongue for people.' I think there's a fine line with that, but at the same time, I'm a firm believer in speaking your mind.