Harry Shum Jr. Quotes

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

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

My parents never really lecture me.

The challenge for me as a parent of two girls is to establish enough structure in the house so that things don't go haywire... but at the same time, as a dominant male figure in their life, let them know they can topple the king.

I do discuss things with him, but as a father, not a friend.

We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did come home, the door was locked. And I had gotten a set of luggage for graduation that day, and it was on the front porch, packed. He thought that he was going to prove a point and I was going to say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry'.

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.

My mom was the organized enforcer. When someone crossed the line, mom was pretty clear-minded about how to... correct that error. But my dad led by his example, so we never wanted to do anything wrong that would, that would upset him or disturb him.

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

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

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.

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.'

Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet.

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

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

I hope all the kids out there who don't like listening to their mothers, who yell and scream at them, that moms are always right just so you guys know.

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

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.