“I don't believe in creating dynastic wealth. I don't really believe that in a society that aspires to be meritocratic and that believes in equality of opportunity - my kids have had advantage over 99 percent of the kids in the country.” BelieveCountryKidsOpportunityWealthCreatingPercentAdvantageDon't BelieveAspireEquality Of Opportunity Author:Bill Gates
“The drug war has nothing to do with making communities livable or creating a decent future for black kids. On the contrary, prohibition is directly responsible for the power of crack dealers to terrorize whole neighborhoods. And every cent spent on the cops, investigators, bureaucrats, courts, jails, weapons, and tests required to feed the drug-war machine is a cent not spent on reversing the social policies that have destroyed the cities, nourished racism, and laid the groundwork for crack culture.” WarWholeKidsCultureSocialBlackCommunityJusticeCitiesPolicyDrugCreatingWeaponsRacismTestsMachinesResponsibleCourtContraryDestroyedDecentNeighborhoodCracksJailCentsCopProhibitionDealerBureaucratsWar On DrugsInvestigatorsGroundworkSocial Policy Book:No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays Source: No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays
“What I know for sure is that all the sacrifice and challenges we face are worth it if we're creating a better future for our kids. I just think if the adults are always thinking about the world we want to leave for our kids, we're going to make the right choices every single time.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantKidsFacesChoicesChallengesSacrificeCreatingAdultsWorth ItBetter FutureAlways ThinkingRight ChoicesMake The Right ChoiceChallenges We Face Author:Michelle Obama
“I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night.” WritingKidsNightStuffMorningBedLateCreatingBusyCreating Something Author:Natascha McElhone
“Many kids only think about the present moment and don't realize that they are creating a digital footprint, which will follow you forever! You have to be careful about what you put on the Internet. It can even prevent you from getting a job! Other kids... especially girls... give in to peer pressure and take racy photos for boys because they think it will make the boy like them more. This NEVER works. Girls, let him like you with your clothes on.” ThinkingGivingMomentsKidsJobsGirlRealizingBoysForeverLike YouInternetCreatingClothesPressureCarefulDigitalPresent MomentBe CarefulPeersFootprintPeer Pressure Author:Tyra Banks
“My priorities are really about creating balance in my home, making sure that I have enough time with my kids, making sure that I have the time to do the things that I want to do with my career, and to continue to make movies.” WantEnoughHomeKidsCareersBalanceCreatingPrioritiesEnough Time Author:Nia Long
“I feel like I'm moving from a world where I was creating fantasies that weren't real inside - and very often feeling really dissatisfied - to now living in reality for the first time in my life since I was a kid, and learning to appreciate where I am now while actually sitting with that reality.” WorldFeelsFirstsRealFeelingsRealityKidsMovingFantasyCreatingSittingFirst TimeAppreciateDissatisfied Author:Damien Rice
“One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in.” GivingImportantDreamKidsSituationRolesCreatingModelsConcernedRapGreat ThingsRole ModelsEmulateRap Music Author:Graham Nash
“We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we as adults struggle to talk to kids honestly about sex, the rules of dignity and consent.” WorldChildrenKidsSexResponsibilityStruggleThis WorldCreatingAdultsDignityOur ChildrenSexualityHonestlyFallenConsent Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“I'm a drummer. I've been playing since I was three. I was in college bands when I was in elementary school: you'd see all these older kids and then this little kid behind the drums creating this big sound.” LittlesBigsKidsSchoolThreeSoundBehindsCollegeBandCreatingLittle KidDrummerElementary School Author:AraabMuzik
“I love the idea of creating a sort of nuanced portrait of kids that they're not all perfect. They're kind of misfits but not in a picturesque, hip way, they're really, really kids that are not entirely great.” WayKindIdeasKidsPerfectCreatingHipsPortraitsMisfitsPicturesque Author:Guillermo del Toro
“To this day, we get letters at Alternative Tentacles from young teenagers who hide their Dead Kennedys albums behind their mirror or in the mattress of their bed. Wouldn't it be better if the parents just discussed this with the kids instead of creating this culture of sneaking and dishonesty within the family? The moral of the story being, you don't hide reality from your kids because then they grow up to be smarter, more aware adults.” IfsStoriesRealityKidsYoungCultureGrowsParentBehindsMoralGrowing UpBedCreatingAdultsLettersMirrorsAlbumsAlternativesTeenagerThis DaySmarterDishonestyMattressesTentaclesMoral Of The Story Author:Jello Biafra
“I never stopped being a mother, and I never stopped being an artist. Which is probably why my kids are so creative. When I'm with my kids I'm creating but I'm still a mom. I don't wear two different hats. My kids have always been on the set with me. I was breastfeeding on set. None of my kids would take a bottle so they could not leave my side for a very long time.” LongStillsTwoDifferentKidsMotherArtistSidesCreativeMomCreatingLong TimeHatsBottlesBeing A MotherBeing An ArtistBreastfeeding Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“I really love connecting people, creating communities. As a kid, creation was something that I always loved.” PeopleKidsCommunityCreationCreatingConnecting Author:Kevin Systrom
“You don't see a positive culture, stability among teachers, or leadership. We don't focus enough in our policies on creating conditions to educating kids with the greatest needs. There is no state that does that.” NeedsDoeStatesEnoughKidsCultureFocusTeacherConditionsPolicyCreatingStability Author:Pedro Noguera
“I have so much joy in my life. I love my husband and kids so much. So much love. I'm also more focused now on spending more time at home and in town instead of going on tour. Because of that nesting, I find that I'm even more into writing and creating.” WritingHomeKidsJoyHusbandCreatingTownsFocusedSpendingMy HusbandMore TimeMuch LoveLove My HusbandI Love My Husband Author:Lisa Loeb
“The Census Bureau is thinking of creating a new category because so many kids don't know how to describe themselves using the existing categories. I call these kids the "Keanu Reeves Generation," after the actor who has a Hawaiian father and a Welsh mother.” ThinkingKnowsKidsMotherActorsFatherKnow HowGenerationsCreatingCategoriesWelshHawaiiansCensusCensus Bureau Author:Richard Rodriguez
“There's also a growing trend toward having gardens in schools to literally show kids where food comes from by having them grow and prepare their own food. There's also a movement that's bringing farmers into schools and creating relationships between local farms and local cafeterias, so that instead of frozen mystery meat, you have fresh produce that's coming from the area that has a name and a face associated with it.” ShowsKidsSchoolFacesNamesGrowsGrowingMysteryMovementProduceCreatingAreasGardenLocalsMeatTrendsFarmsFarmersFrozenCafeteria Author:Eric Schlosser
“Where we really effect change, in terms of creating a passionate work force, is by listening to kids early.” KidsForceTermEffectsListeningCreatingPassionate Author:Phil Keoghan
“I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to people. ["The Land" is] a cautionary tale. It's not the brightest or best ending to a film when you're telling a cautionary tale about four kids, kids who are killing each other, kids who are products of the streets.” PeopleYearsStoriesKidsFilmCertainThreeDoubtFourStreetsLandProductsProjectsCreatingKillingTalesPushingThree YearsPitchingKilling Each OtherPushing ItCautionary Tales Author:Steven Caple Jr.
“As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds or faiths can recognize each other's humanity, or creating a world in which every kid, regardless of their background, can strive and achieve and fulfill their potential.” PeopleWorldDifferentKidsHumanityRaceAchieveParticularAmbitionCreatingStriveBackgroundsDifferent Races Author:Barack Obama
“We're creating this alliance, GAVI, that has helped buy the vaccines that were in the rich world but not getting to the poor kids, getting a very cheap price and figuring out the cold chain, getting the delivery right, and then funding research for new vaccines. A lot of them are coming along. We've got a meningitis vaccine out, got that through large parts of Africa. That has been a huge success.” WorldHas BeensKidsPoorRichHugeColdCreatingResearchChainsFundingAlliancesDeliveryVaccinesMeningitis Author:Bill Gates
“As a kid, you're starting to grow up and want more freedoms. But if you have people who are absorbing and adopting religious principles and teachings, they start drawing these lines and creating confines in their life to live within certain lines.” PeopleIfsWantKidsCertainGrowsReligiousLinesPrinciplesGrowing UpTeachingCreatingStartingDrawingAbsorbingAdopting Author:Mahershala Ali
“Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this hole inside that they're trying to fill by performing. I'm anxious to keep creating, but I'm not so desperate any more because I have the love and support of my kids and wife.” GivingTryingKidsActorsFatherSupportWifeComfortCreatingGive MeHolesPerformingDesperateAnxiousFulfilledBeing A Father Author:John C. Reilly