Queen Latifah Quotes

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.

I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

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.

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing.

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.

Parenting is tough.

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

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

I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

This is the hardest job I've ever had, being a mom, but it's the most rewarding job I've ever had.

The good mamas are often tough mamas.

I want to be a mom who listens.

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

I'm very nurturing. I come from a large family, and my parents were loving. But the most important thing for me as a mum is to keep my word. When I say no, I mean no.

That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and you won't be the most popular person in the house.

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

As we all know, there is no harder or more rewarding job than being a mom.

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.