Jim Kelly Quotes

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.

I believe that communication is the key to a happy and successful family in our society.

I have a great relationship with my kids.

What I most hope is that Kelsey and I can improve our communications and truly co-parent our two wonderful children.

Allowing children to spew forth whatever is on their minds in the name of openness only creates an illusion of family closeness.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.

The older you get, the more you start to realize that you can't win an argument in a relationship. You can't win a fight with your woman. Because if you lose, you lose. And if you win, you lose.

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

The best mother is the mother who adapts, and the best children are the children who adapt as well.

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.

And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear.

I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.

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

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.