Sonali Bendre Quotes

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.

Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do.

You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.

My parents never really lecture me.

There are guys you give the benefit of the doubt if they hold you up a little bit longer than normal, and you have that list of guys you kind of know are going to be a problem when you get there. The window of being patient with them is a lot shorter.

We had an argument, and he told me to be home at midnight, and I said no. And so when I did come home, the door was locked. And I had gotten a set of luggage for graduation that day, and it was on the front porch, packed. He thought that he was going to prove a point and I was going to say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry'.

I told my children, 'I don't like children.'

My father made sure of discipline, but my mum, she was serious business.

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

I think I'm a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don't take me seriously. 'Listen to the old guy,' they say. 'Isn't he great? He's mad.'

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.

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

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. They're out of my life in one way or another.

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

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.'

In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.