Lincoln Steffens Quotes

I like to give my daughter some rope and let her make her own decisions.

My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my way and never think about what he would have done or what he would have wanted to do.

My parents have been a great strength to me. They never forced me into anything, and I have the final say.

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.

My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.

My brother and I had a lot of freedom growing up, and thankfully, we both turned out OK.

My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

As a child I was given the freedom to explore my passion for acting, but I also grew up in a home where there were a lot of rules. I didn't have 'yes' parents.

My father influenced by his very life, his very example and the environment that I was brought up in. But, he did not encourage or discourage any of us. He let us make up our own minds.

Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life that I want and not the one my parents want or some imam somewhere thinks I should live.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.

I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.'

I have the right to choose who my mate shall be without the dictation of any man. I am not a slave.

I want to have freedom with everything I do.

Do not make decisions for your kid. It's not going to turn out well.

My parents did not encourage romances.

He is absolutely on his own, and we never interfere in any of his decisions. When Ranbir joined the industry, he told his mother that he wanted to portray characters which a boy of his age would do in real life.

My mother has brought me up in a manner that has allowed me to retain my values, ideologies, and philosophies. I was let loose, just enough to develop an individual personality.

My parents never leave me alone.

My parents weren't very strict. They've always trusted me to be independent and make my own decisions. There wasn't really anything to rebel against.

My mother was okay with me not playing it safe. She made an agreement with my father that I was going to be raised differently than my brother and sister were. My parents went through the whole sixties rebellion with my brother and sister. But I didn't feel like I had to rebel because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldn't do something. I never went into that parents-as-enemies stage.