Charlotte Kasl Quotes

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

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

It's hard to say no to your kid. It's hard for them to stomp off and not be happy with you for an hour.

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.

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 think the key to being a good parent is to individualize your love for each child.

I do not raise brats!

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.

I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.

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

That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and you won't be the most popular person in the house.

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.

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

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

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

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.

Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.

They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline.

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

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.

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

The challenge for me as a parent of two girls is to establish enough structure in the house so that things don't go haywire... but at the same time, as a dominant male figure in their life, let them know they can topple the king.