Britney Spears Quotes

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

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.

Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.

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.

My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving.

I'm going to discipline my kids, and can't no one tell me how to discipline my kids.

I've raised my boys the old-fashioned way, with spankings, sending them upstairs if they misbehave at parties, the works. I believe discipline is the proof of love.

My parents have always had this philosophy that overindulging your children is one of the worst things you could do as a parent. It's something that was hammered into my head growing up. And while my mom and dad are not professional authorities on parenting, I can confirm from experience that they had a point.

I do not raise brats!

A lot of new stepparents fall into the trap of letting children disobey household expectations in order to gain favor with them.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

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.

I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.

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

There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'

I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.

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 was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

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

As much as you don't like disciplining your kids, you have to sometimes. Kids want that structure, that leadership, that guidance. I think that's what I try to give my children.