Julie Bowen Quotes

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

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

In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn't.

Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue.

I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.

I have no problem yelling at anybody's kid - free of charge!

There is a trend in child-rearing that I find abhorrent: "Whatever the kids want to do is fine." For me, the classic example of this is when someone has a visitor and says, "Go kiss Aunt Gertrude," and Aunt Gertrude says, "She doesn't have to kiss me if she doesn't want to." Well, I think that's wrong.

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.

I have two kids, and I don't have to spank my kids.

Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be.

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.

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.

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

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.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.

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.

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

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.

You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend.

My default answer to most of the questions my kids ask me is 'no.' I just start with 'no.' I let them fight for it a little bit.

My daily life is mostly spent with my three kids and raising them.