Marv Albert Quotes

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.

You chastise children when they are bad, as my parents did me. I'm not opposed to smacking. It is to be used occasionally.

One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive 'talking to' was all I got.

You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.

I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our day and we get upset about it.

Punishments inflicted with signs of anger are useless.

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue.

If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.

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

I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere.

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

If my son is not performing well, I would not pelt stone on him - this is not the way a Hindustani behaves.

I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off a staircase or something. There's too much of this, 'don't do that'. The whole thing baffles me.

I have two kids, and I don't have to spank my kids.

Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn't.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster.

Children can be disciplined with love.

That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'

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

If my kids were to make a talking doll of me as a mother, one of my recorded phrases would be 'I will throw that in the trash.' 'If you don't put that down right now, I will throw that in the trash.' It's very funny to hear myself say certain things - like noticing which phrases become the most popular to use.

I am not very tough with raising my children, but you can argue that to be more tough will help your children.

My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn't believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don't spank. They were really raised in a half-Asian family.

In a perfect world, probably we'd never yell, we'd just be firm and dispassionate. But of course, everyone yells at their children.