Liam Neeson Quotes

I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.

My kids would say I'm strict, but I don't think I am.

I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

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.

I am not very tough with raising my children, but you can argue that to be more tough will help your children.

I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.

I'm turning into a stricter dad.

As much as you don't like disciplining your kids, you have to sometimes. Kids want that structure, that leadership, that guidance. I think that's what I try to give my children.

My parents have always had this philosophy that overindulging your children is one of the worst things you could do as a parent. It's something that was hammered into my head growing up. And while my mom and dad are not professional authorities on parenting, I can confirm from experience that they had a point.

The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.

When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

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

If you have a child, you're improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies.

My parents never really lecture me.

I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

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.

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.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

I'm not a yeller. But I am strict.

It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.

Children crave direction.