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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.

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

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.

There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own.

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.

I just can't stand the fact that they're going out on their own - I love having my kids around, and I'm angry at them for going out and becoming independent. I want to tuck them in and drive them to school in the morning, but they just won't let me do that anymore.

I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them.

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.

If you're not yelling at your kids, then you're not spending enough time with them!