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Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.

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

If parents don't like some of the stuff I do then they shouldn't let their kids watch me.

I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them.

Kids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.