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Ever since the kids were babies, we have treated them with respect. We are the mom and dad for sure, but we look for opportunities for us to sit down and say, 'How are things going for you? Is there anything that we can do as parents to help you? Let's all come up with a solution together.' We work better as a team.

— Jodi Benson

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✓Similar Perspectives

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.

— Maurice Sendak

Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids.

— Clive Owen

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

— Constance Zimmer

Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we're not perfect.

— Sara Gilbert

What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection.

— Mo Farah

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But when kids get as tall as their parents and can look them in the eyes, we tend to drop the ball - at a time they most need a loving consistent community of adults, be it parents, aunts, uncles, or others.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.

— Zendaya

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

— Dick Van Dyke

✗Opposing Perspectives

You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way into areas where you shouldn't be saying anything. You have to always remember they're not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death - then hand them back.

— Billy Crystal