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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.

You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

I can be maternal with my friends.

You have to see, kid by kid, what their needs are and what kind of parent you need to be for them.

I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence, and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.