Angie Martinez Quotes

One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

My parents never really lecture me.

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

He will punish you as a father punishes his disobedient child, unless you do as he desires.

I follow the roles.

If I got a beating for something, I usually deserved it.

My mum will never let me be anything but grounded.

The rules are there for a reason.

I learned from my dad and my mom somebody should only have to tell you once. Whether it's me getting in trouble, they said I should only have to tell you once. I've kind of took that and made that for all aspects.

Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

There wasn't a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

If it's old school friends that my parents know, then I can stay out till late. But if they don't know them, they want me home by 9 P.M. If I have work, then I don't have a deadline. I don't argue with them. That's how I have been raised, and I'm happy with it.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

My mother treats me exactly the same as she has always done, and the same as my older sisters. She tells me off when I need it, and sometimes I do need telling to go to my room or to do my homework.

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

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!

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