Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we're not perfect.
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You can't expect your children to be perfect.
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.
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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.
A lot of kids get disappointed. They expect me to be, like, 'Bwaah.' 'If I spend a minute with them, they end up saying, 'Wow, you're a nice, normal guy.' They hate it when they catch me out of my makeup.
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.
You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.
What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.
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.
The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.