I am a very strict mother, and as a mother, it's my responsibility to guide my kids and tell them to go how far and no further. There should be rules and guidelines for the kids, and they should know their limits.
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I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.
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.
I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.
The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.
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.
I wouldn't say I'm strict. I love to communicate with my kids, and I constantly check in and try to talk things through instead.
The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.
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.
With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.
You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.
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