parenting rules Quotes

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

I usually have to be home by 10 o'clock and my mom takes my computer away at 10.30pm every night.

We have rules in the house and a sticker chart for my kids to earn technology time. Maybe its because of the world I live in and work, that I don't see much of anything beneficial that comes out of social media for kids. Even though its how they communicate now, so you have to find the fine balance.

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

My dad wouldn't let me date until I was 16.

I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.

The clearer the rules and the limits enforced by parents, the higher the child's self-esteem. The more freedom the child had, the lower his self-esteem.

But wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair.

They legislate fatherhood in Norway. It's not an option. That's a shocking thing to us in America.

We have very strict rules about TV and film in my house.

We can't have iPads until after 7 p.m. Otherwise the entire day is, "iPad time? What about now?" It makes me crazy. And no TV on weekend mornings.

What I do with my kids is - and I think they probably do ignore us - is No Alcohol. If they're drunk they will be grounded for time immemorial.