Warren Farrell Quotes

I read somewhere that your voice towards your children becomes their inner monologue. That was so interesting to me, and I think that pertains to 'Better Things' as well.

With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.

Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall as much as possible. Enlist the children in their own upbringing.

If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids.

I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of 'Dad.'

My 7-year-old daughter is not shy of telling me she can draw better than me, and she's right.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

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 think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame resilience than you do.

If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids.

Get to know your kids' minds and how they think.

I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.

I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.

Woory about building a kid who is good, not a kid with good self-esteem.

If you bungle raising your children, nothing else matters in life.

It's funny: everybody is going to have a little bit of different point of views when it comes to parenting.

It's very important what you say to kids. You have to walk a very fine line between talking about your life and talking about what you've done.

Parenting is one of the best management training programs there is.