We make them [kids] earn the stuff they want. They're not going to play with their iPad today unless they do their chores.
Julie BowenI tell my kids, "Look, your life is a video game, and I have to get you from level zero to 18 as an independent person with all your skills and limbs intact. Every time you hit your brother or throw food, you're taking us all back."
Julie BowenKids don't seem to recognize when they're hungry until they're starving and in the emergency zone, so I'm like, "Who wants some apple slices and cheese?"
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