Charles Peguy Quotes

I think if I tried to be the stern parent, we would have slipped into Cinderella mode - with me as the evil stepmother!

People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents.

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.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

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.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

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.

Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.

I told my children, 'I don't like children.'

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.

All people naturally hate. My kid bites people now. I didn't teach my kid to bite anybody. Kids say mean stuff. Only through love do we get this evil out of them. Only through love and structure and discipline do they not hate. The kids that hate didn't learn anything, that's the problem.

Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If they live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If they live with criticism, they learn to condemn.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.

She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.' That was the last time I ever talked back to Mom.

You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.