John F. Kennedy Quotes

I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.

Withold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he shall not Die; Thou shalt beat him with the Rod, and shalt deliver his Soul from Hell

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

Give your child a spanking once a day. If you don't know why, he does.

Anyone who has brought up children knows that consistency has absolutely nothing to do with discipline.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

If you bungle raising your children, nothing else matters in life.

Computers shouldn't be parents, but they are. Please, spend time with your kids. If you don't want to, then I don't want to. It might hurt you to discipline your offspring, but it saves the child from being disciplined later by someone less forgiving. Like a criminal court judge. If you don't spank your child, someone else will.

Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should be considerate not to irritate by vexatious commands or place unreasonable blame. Whenever possible they should give encouragement rather than remonstrance or reproof.

In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

Be ever gentle with the children God has given you; watch over them constantly; reprove them earnestly, but not in anger. In the forcible language of Scripture, "Be not bitter against them." "Yes, they are good boys," I once heard a kind father say. "I talk to them very much, but do not like to beat my, children--the world will beat them." It was a beautiful thought not elegantly expressed.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.

I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even punishment involved in trying to make your child understand, learn from bad experiences and make sure they don't happen again.

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.

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

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

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.