Autumn Reeser Quotes

As parents, we must be mindful that our actions are matching our words.

It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we parents are rarely the role models we want to be. True for life. True for driving.

I want to be a good example for my son. That's the best way to parent - to be the example of what you want to see in them. That's definitely how my parents parented and how my grandparents parented. And it works.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the message has never been a good substitute for 'showing up' and embodying the message.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

The prospect of being a father made me ask myself a question. How do you know what kind of adult your child will turn out to be? And how much can you control that?

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

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.

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.

As a person, the only people who matter are my kids and how they see me.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.

Kids are great imitators. Give them something great to imitate.

Children learn a lot from what their parents say. But they learn a lot more from what their parents do.