Harlan Coben Quotes

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Whatever you want your child to learn, you have to model that every day. There's no more waiting around. Once you have a child, there's no dress rehearsal anymore.

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Kids are great imitators. Give them something great to imitate.

As parents, we must be mindful that our actions are matching our words.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

I really believe that parents need to know they are shaping the future of their children.

I'm happy to inspire your seven-year-old child, but I do not want to be her role model.

The prospect of being a father made me ask myself a question. How do you know what kind of adult your child will turn out to be? And how much can you control that?

It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

It is mother's influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child's basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother's loving example to choose righteousness.

I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.

I wish my parents could have raised every man out there.

Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make sure they don't veer off that path.

You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,' when you're still choosing to have poor eating habits.