Quotes About Parenting

I will be even more strict than my dad, because look at me, I turned out fine.

My parents were incredibly strict. My father went through a stage where he'd line us up every Friday and cane our hands if we'd been naughty. And this was mainly to pull my brother into line. My brother is five years older and my sister's eight years older. He would use a little bamboo cane, which my brother saw most of.

Even though my parents raised me in a very individualistic way, they were also strict and traditional, which was good. It was hard to sneak out! I think I was quite wild, but in some ways quite contained.

It's important for parents to be strict if you want the kids to succeed.

My kids would say I'm strict, but I don't think I am.

My parents were very strict with me when it came to boys and dating.

I have never been a strict father.

When I feel stress, I put my phone down. I'm quite strict, telling myself not to take anything else on. Then, in the evening when the kids have gone to bed, I'll treat myself to a hot bath.

Like probably many people of little education who find themselves, like pop stars or film stars, suddenly lauded by the whole world, it is very difficult if you have not had a mother bringing you up who was quite stern and strict.

Parents with a West Indian background tend to be more strict.

While bringing up my kids I had to strike a balance between being strict and being able to maintain my cool.

I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.

I was a mother who worked ridiculously hard to keep catastrophe at bay. I didn't allow my kids to eat hamburgers for fear of E. coli. I didn't allow them to play with rope, string, balloons - anything that might strangle them. They had to bite grapes in half, avoid lollipops, eat only when I could watch them.

Though I'm a very broad-minded girl, I don't think any parent would appreciate their daughter stripping on-screen.

Parents who achieve a successful work-life balance don't live and breathe to make their kids happy. Instead, they strive to raise independent children that will grow to become responsible adults.

Every time I look at both of my children, I see a future which is very bright for them, and I recognize that I need to be a role model. If they see me as someone who can achieve whatever I want, I believe that they will follow in my footsteps, and that is something that I strive for every single day.

Millennials may not put emphasis on traditional landmarks in child rearing but strive to bring up their kids to be well-adjusted, empathetic citizens of the world.

The blessing is that my kids have a lot of strong men and strong marriages around them, so I feel like they are getting what they need as far as role modeling. So I don't feel the pressure for them.

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?

My mother was - and is - a very strong woman; very strict. She was a serious mum; a feared parent.

Some fathers raise their daughters to be seen and not heard; they raise their daughters not to speak out. Raise strong women!

My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't fold to peer pressure. I think how affectionate my wife and I have been with her over the years all plays into that. She realizes the more people she is exposed to that kids who have both parents around grow up to be much better people.

I've made my kids strong-willed and strong-minded where they know music from reality.

My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.