“I firmly believe kids don't want your understanding. They want your trust, your compassion, your blinding love and your car keys, but you try to understand them and you're in big trouble.” WantTryingBelieveBigsKidsUnderstandingCompassionTroubleCarKeysCar Keys Book:If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Source: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
“A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs.” BigsKidsPaperProgramPaintBoxesMediumsSheetsExpressiveCrayon Author:Clifford Stoll
“I'm a big proponent of open adoption, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the kid isn't like, "Where did I come from?" And to have it be like, "Look, you have a bunch of people who love you." Not just the parents who are raising you on a day-to-day basis, but also to have contact with your birth mother and hopefully your birth father. So that you can be like, "Oh, they love me too, and they love me so much that they knew they couldn't take care of me but they're still in my life to some extent."” PeopleLooksChildrenStillsBigsCareKidsMotherFatherParentLove YouBirthBasesTake CareBunchContactHopefullyAdoptionDay To DayTake Care Of MeBirth MotherOpen Adoption Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Video games is a big part of a kids' life. Videos games let you be something that you're not, so does acting, but it puts you in like a real situation type thing or something totally different.” DoeDifferentRealBigsKidsGamesActingSituationTypeVideo Author:Ty Simpkins
“Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.” MadeMomentsBigsKidsRealizingEffectsFleetingHaving Kids Author:Frank Iero
“I'm a big kid. I never lost my childlike appreciation of things. Too many people lock it out and throw their toys away and say, okay, I'm gonna grow up and be grumpy and miserable and not think about the magical side of things anymore -- and I can't seem to stop doing that.” PeopleThinkingI CanBigsSeemsKidsLostGrowsSidesGrowing UpOkayAppreciationMiserableToysLocksChildlikeGrumpy Author:Andy Partridge
“The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and sexually abused and because I felt different than everybody else and I had this big huge secret that was tearing me apart.” WritingLittlesDifferentReasonBigsKidsFeltSecretHugeDadBeatenLittle KidSexuallySan Diego Author:Dorianne Laux
“I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book are engaged with what I'm writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I've done my job.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsWritingBookDoneBigsKidsJobsCoursesEnjoyReaderPicksEngagedReluctant Author:Rick Riordan