Bill Cosby Quotes

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

All children will do things that you may not want them to. That's part of parenting.

My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments.

Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

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

It's perfectly possible to love your toddler but struggle to like them when times are hard.

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.

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

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

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.

Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.

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

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.

The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.

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

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

Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.