Eliza Dushku Quotes

We didn't even have a T.V. in my house until I was 13. My dad called it the 'idiot box.'

My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids.

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.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to grow up, with wacky dad showing up at school and performing for everyone.

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing in the corner of our room.

I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed.

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

My mother had to tailor what I watched.

My parents were obsessed with us being normal kids, so I never knew movie stars. They didn't want us to be Hollywood brats.

I'm way more influenced by my children than I was by my parents.

The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.

I grew up as the youngest child in a big, noisy family, and there was always someone around to hang out with.

My dad did show me interesting movies at a young age. I remember he showed me 'A Clockwork Orange,' and my mom said, 'I never want to see this movie in my house again.'

I watched a ton of TV because I was raised by a single mom and spent a lot of time with my grandmother. Like most grandparents do, she would spend hours and hours in front of the TV box.

The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event.

One thing that I've noticed about big families is that they usually break down into two camps: the talkers and the watchers.

When the kids were growing up, we didn't have a television in the house connected to a cable or an antenna. If something bad happened in the world, I wanted the kids to hear about it from me.

We didn't have a TV until I was 12.

As a child, you are influenced by your parents' actions.

The way I'm raising my kids is so different than the way I was raised.

I'm the youngest of six kids, and I grew up with a lot of noise, a lot of music, and a lot of laughter.