Will Smith Quotes

A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the "perfect dad"? I shudder at thinking what that may be.

In fact, I think [Donald Trump] welcomes the fact that he's got people in the room that may not agree with each other on everything, but he prefers to be presented opinions that are varying at the same time and then making an informed decision based on everyone's input before making decisions.

It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.

Illuminate choice.

I don't believe that you can make decisions on anything without having all of the details.

I do genuinely believe that, when given and presented with all the information and all the actual facts, the vast majority of people will make the right choice.

I can't assume that my kid is going to make the best decision all the time.

You can't make good decisions without knowing the business.

If you're informed, you make an informed choice. You understand the quality of certain things and you understand the history of certain things.

I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.

I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one.

If you just got enough expertise and enough special techniques and read up enough, then you could shape a child into the kind of adult you wanted. There's almost this kind of competitive enterprise. That picture is the picture I think people often imply when they use the word "parenting".

When you have a child yourself, you go back and think about how you were parented, how you were mothered and what your parents did for you, and you just want to be able to call and ask them.

Finally, you're right about one point, your entire way of thinking is predicted by what you're immersed in so you know you won't make a bad decision. You can make a bad decision but it's still in the good sphere normally if you work well. You're prepared to face a crew who wants to know everything and poses a hundred questions a minute, because you know you have good reflexes and can respond very quickly.

Usually, I'm pretty good about sorting through the options and then making decisions that I'm confident are the best decisions in that moment, given the information we have. But there are times where I think I wish I could have imagined a different level of insight.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

Obviously, a man's judgement cannot be better than the information on which he bases it

It's no use saying do this, do that, don't do that ... it's very easy when children want something to say no immediately. I think it's quite important not to give an unequivocal answer at once. Much better to think it over. Then, if you eventually say no, I think they really accept it.

It would be a fine thing if ... parents would have in every bedroom in their house a picture of the temple so [their children] from the time [they are] infant[s] could look at the picture every day [until] it becomes a part of [their lives]. When [they reach] the age that [they need] to make [the] very important decision [concerning going to the temple], it will have already been made.

And a great misunderstanding is that children think their parents are grown-up, and parents feel obliged to act as if they were.

You have to be willing to have the decision-making follow the data.

Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children.

And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.

I always make decisions with the facts so I would look to make an early decision with the benefit of the facts.