Alexa Vega Quotes

My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing.

Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

I'm a very private person who grew up with a strict German mother who believed 'loose lips sink ships.'

I told my family, 'If I get out of line, just kick my butt.' The last thing that I want is to change.

I'm lucky my parents raised me well.

In my mother's household, hit shows like 'The Love Boat' and 'Three's Company' were 'not appropriate for nice lit'tle girls.' So was the prospect of staying up past 8:00 P.M. - and don't even think about talking back.

I come from a background where there would be one mirror above the basin that was used by everyone in the house. If you spent more than five minutes in front of the mirror, you would probably get a whack. My mother was so strict that if anyone complimented me for being pretty, she would not encourage that discussion.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living.

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

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

The day I get too big for myself, my mum will slap me down!

All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction.

All the really good players I know, they all knew right from wrong. So many of them don't learn that at home nowadays.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

My mother treats me exactly the same as she has always done, and the same as my older sisters. She tells me off when I need it, and sometimes I do need telling to go to my room or to do my homework.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

Being bridled, or yielding obediently to restraint, is necessary for our personal growth and progression.