Tim Minchin Quotes

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

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame resilience than you do.

It's OK to let your children see you cry.

I've got a cure for mental health issue. Spank your children more.

If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It's what you learn.

Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a road map for how to handle painful emotions.

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn't.

The most assiduous task of parenting is to divine the difference between boundaries and bondage.

The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate.

Lot of things depend on the up bringing of a child.

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.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.

I'm very emotional. I do feel stuff, for better or worse.

I'm very sensitive and I'm quite a soft person, and I cry a lot when things upset me.

I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.

I'm a crier. You won't see me lashing out, but you will see me crying a lot.

When you try to cool down hot emotions, what tends to happen is that you end up either repressing them or losing them altogether. Neither is desirable. Without emotion, much social interaction loses its meaning or changes for the worse.

I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear.

I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.