Delilah Quotes

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'

My parents told me if I wanted to fight, they wouldn't support me.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

You discover two things when you're a teenager. One, that your parents are not the idols that you thought they were when you were growing up, if you had nice parents. And two, that you have power over them, and you can upset them and confront them and attack them.

I think if I tried to be the stern parent, we would have slipped into Cinderella mode - with me as the evil stepmother!

My son can be as open as he wants with me, but he cannot forget I am his mother and that all will not be forgiven.

I told my children, 'I don't like children.'

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

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

When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

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 try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes.

As a teenager, I was perpetually grounded. I was stubborn rather than rebellious.

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

If you have a child, you're improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

My parents never really lecture me.

Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

I remember for my 18th birthday, I was going to get a tattoo, and I made the mistake of thinking I was a man and telling my father, and he was like, 'Oh yeah? You better tattoo a new address on your arm, because you're not living here!' And that was the end of that discussion.

I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one.

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.