Maurice Sendak Quotes

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

I'm very open with my kids and we can talk about anything.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

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

I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.

When I say that children should be told about sex, I do not mean that they should be told only the bare physiological facts; they should be told whatever they wish to know. There should be no attempt to represent adults as more virtuous than they are, or sex as occurring only in marriage. There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them, and feel justified in lying to them.

My kids ask me questions on what I do and I'm very honest with them.

To bring up a child well, all a parent needs to do is be extremely honest with the child.

The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent.

When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant.

As a pastor and as a dad, I want my son to know I tell the truth. He can read the book. He knows if I exaggerated or if I didn't. My son is forever gonna believe that I'm an honest person or I'm a liar by what I wrote in that book, because he can read.

I'm not a believer in hiding things from my kids because ultimately they are going to have questions - they feel things.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, if you're straight with the press, they'll be straight with you.

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

Telling kids the truth isn't always entirely possible, but talking to them is.