Herbert Spencer Quotes

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.

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

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Good discipline requires time. When we have no time to give our children, or no time that we are willing to give, we don't even observe them closely enough to become aware of when their need for our disciplinary assistance is expressed subtley.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

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

There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.

Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don't have to do that.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.

Children need models rather than critics.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.

I have very little patience with children.