Laurie David Quotes

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

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

I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic.

I believe that communication is the key to a happy and successful family in our society.

If you're not yelling at your kids, then you're not spending enough time with them!

We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.

How well we understand the kids' world is very important, and I myself am not claiming to be the perfect dad, and from feedbacks from Jo, I understand that more time should be spent with our children.

My kids really still share the one thing that I think is life-changing, and that's eye contact with me. As they've gotten older, I have made it a priority to continue that.

I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.

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

I listened to my kids talk about me as a parent, and I learned about things they wished I'd done and said. And I wished that I had done more of those things.

My advice for raising daughters is to spend time with them doing things you both enjoy.

You don't bad-mouth your ex or anything like that. The key is your kid knowing that both parents still love him and are there for him.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

I'm on the phone 24/7 with my kids talking to them about the ups and down of life, schoolwork, bullying, the great times.

When you've got children, it's easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation.

My daughter was four when I married Mihir. I share everything with her and I respect her emotions. She has adjusted quite well.

Parenting now is a two-way relationship where you learn from each other.

You need to be able to sit down and talk to your children.

I have now is whenever my kids say, "Can you look at this?" or "Can I ask you something?" or "Can you come here for a minute?" no matter what I am doing, I say yes instead of saying, "Just a sec." They never abuse the privilege, and I never once regretted it. What they took me away to do was never less important than what I was doing already.

You have to make sure that you and your child are connecting, and it does help when they are looking directly into your eyes.

I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.

I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.