Ami Bera Quotes

I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.

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.

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

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.

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

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline.

I do not raise brats!

It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.

When your kids disappoint you, you tell them off; you don't give them some chocolate, do you? You treat players similar to how you treat your kids, really.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons.

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.

My parents never really lecture me.

I am a very strict mother, and as a mother, it's my responsibility to guide my kids and tell them to go how far and no further. There should be rules and guidelines for the kids, and they should know their limits.

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

Discipline socialized children. They became tolerable to those who didn’t already love them.

To me, loving your kids means teaching them to make smart choices from an early age - not just handing over a sweet treat.

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.

Is discipline (both mental and physical) in place of coddling truly child abuse? I don't know, but it sure as hell is effective.