Pamela Adlon Quotes

I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.

I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence, and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.

So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.

Usually, whenever my mom would come over I would try and put on music that I thought she would like just to make her feel more at ease.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

My mother loves it when I talk about her. Half the time, I think she says things that she knows will go straight into the act.

I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl.

You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend.

You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent.

My daughter was four when I married Mihir. I share everything with her and I respect her emotions. She has adjusted quite well.

My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.

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.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.

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

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

It's great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won't; it's up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

If you're not yelling at your kids, then you're not spending enough time with them!

I just wish I could understand my father.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh.

I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.