Child Management Quotes

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

I think one of the things when you're casting children is you're also casting their parents.

Discipline socialized children. They became tolerable to those who didn’t already love them.

My wife and I have three boys, and it turns out this is the perfect number to ensure that you are never doing something that everybody wants to do.

I would never put a video in front of my kid. While I don't use videos as a babysitter, they have come in handy on the airplane.

It's a new skill to have two children that want you at the same time.

If you're flying with your children, it's best to book them on the same flight and not on one where they have more legroom and are leaving at a different time. They could get there earlier than you, and that causes resentment. Two-year-olds can also never figure out those connecting flights. It just makes it harder, so travel as a family.

I went into designing my house thinking I could have some more expensive items because I didn't realize my kids were going to be animals.

Dealing with kids, you're always going to have to deal with something. I mean, they're kids.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

My older six are animals.

I've worked a lot with kids before. They can be very, very difficult, just because they're kids.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated.

The care of a house, the conduct of a home, the management of children, the instruction and government of servants, are as deserving of scientific treatment and scientific professors and lectureships as are the care of farms, the management of manure and crops, and the raising and care of stock.

Like most parents, Gloria and I had to deal with the problems of rebellion in our children. We realized that it had to be stopped quickly before it developed into a serious situation.

I always think if I'd had kids that I'd manage them like I do my dog Margaret: camps, playdates, naps, and lots of snacks. They'd all be fat.

If you establish a routine for your child, then your routine can be more manageable.

I do let the kids play on devices when we eat out - it's better than being thrown out of a restaurant.

I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.

I have three boys. Sometimes my wife and I really have to battle to keep video games from encroaching.

Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.

Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates.

It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.

Kids ... Can't live with 'em ... Can't shoot 'em!

Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.