GloZell Quotes

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

If you're not yelling at your kids, then you're not spending enough time with them!

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.

Withold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he shall not Die; Thou shalt beat him with the Rod, and shalt deliver his Soul from Hell

Attitudes about the rearing and education of children vary between two extremes. One, which might be labeled “authoritarian” or “coercive,” rests on an assumption that children are by nature irresponsible and lazy, and will do their schoolwork only if they are penalized for a poor performance. The opposite view might be labeled “progressive” or “democratic.” It rests on the assumption that children who are brought up with love, trust, and clear but kind leadership are eager to grow up and be like their parents, eager to explore, learn, master skills, and take on responsibility; they need guidance but not sternness or punishment.

I think the key to being a good parent is to individualize your love for each child.

Parenting involves two separate activities. You have to change your child in that you need to educate your child and instill moral values in them. But you also need to celebrate your child for who he or she is and make them feel really good.

I'm a mom... and I'm learning this being a parent, sometimes your child can be such a reflection of who you are. And I have to figure out when it is my ego that dictates how I parent and when it is what I think is best for my child.

Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

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

I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.

Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

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.

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

It's one thing to support your kid, but if you have an interest in what your child is doing, it makes it a whole lot easier.