Dennis Wilson Quotes

My own parents were touchy-feely.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

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

My stepfather was an exemplary human being. It took me a lot of time to accept him as a parent. But what he did intelligently was he befriended me.

Since I was small, my dad and I have always been friends. He was never really hard on me. He never really pushed me to basketball.

I love being a friend to my son. We go to the mall together. We shop. He picks out my clothes. We hang out. We go to different cities together. We like the same music. I think that's why he appreciates his mom and me so much - we treat him like a friend.

My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.

Mothers, take time to be a real friend to your children. Listen to your children, really listen. Talk with them, laugh and joke with them, sing with them, cry with them, hug them, honestly praise them. Yes, regularly spend unused one-on-one time with each child. Be a real friend to your children.

Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?

Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved.

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

I'm a really fun aunt, so I hope I'm going to be a fun mom! I like to have fun and be silly and not take myself too seriously with the kids, so I hope that will translate when I actually have my own.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

I never felt like I wanted to have kids until I could be home and be a daddy, and those are the things that I didn't have.

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

My kid is a year and a half old, and I just want to roll around on the floor with him for a little bit and have a normal relationship with my family.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.

I've never had to rebel against my parents; I never had that sort of teen-angst thing where you didn't get along with them. My dad's always been my buddy.

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.

It's funny: everybody is going to have a little bit of different point of views when it comes to parenting.

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

My father didn't push me.