“I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.” WayChildrenStatesGrowsDifficultGrowing UpLuckyUniversityFarmersTenants Author:James Hansen
“It's a difficult position. Do you endanger your child to fight for the right thing, or do you keep your mouth shut and let your child grow up in a world where their natural rights are stripped away from them?” WorldChildrenFightingGrowsDifficultNaturalGrowing UpRightsPositionMouthsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRight ThingNatural Rights Author:Jamie Bell
“The "cumulative effects" of unbridled commercialism, however difficult to assess, constitute one key to the impact of growing up in the core of the world's marketing system. Minimally, it suggests unpreparedness for, and lack of interest in, the world that exists outside the shopping mall.” WorldDifficultInterestGrowing UpGrowingEffectsKeysImpactMarketingCoreShoppingMallsCumulativeCommercialism Author:Herbert Schiller
“Here's an idea: eat like an adult. Stop eating fast food, stop eating kid's cereal, knock it off with all the sweets and comfort foods, and ease up on the snacking. And don't act like you don't know this: eat more vegetables and fruits. Really, how difficult is this? Stop with the whining. Stop with the excuses. Act like an adult and stop eating like a television commercial. Grow up.” KnowsIdeasKidsGrowsDifficultGrowing UpTelevisionSweetLike YouComfortEatingAdultsFruitExcuseEaseVegetablesFast FoodWhiningCerealComfort FoodTelevision CommercialsEating Fast Food Author:Dan John
“All people, even one's own children, come with baggage. When they're little, you have to help them carry it. But when they grow up, you have to do that difficult thing of setting their baggage down and taking up your own again.” PeopleChildrenLittlesHelpingGrowsDifficultGrowing UpDown AndSettingSettingsDifficult ThingsBaggage Author:Lucille Clifton
“I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.” WorldTryingI CanPastArtistDifficultGrowing UpGrowingThis WorldStandingWho I Am Author:Matt Bomer
“The constant buzz and pressure and noise and static of the Internet, and the way it makes young people feel makes it difficult to grow up and develop the way one might want to.” PeopleWayWantFeelsMightYoungGrowsDifficultGrowing UpInternetPressureConstantNoiseStaticBuzz Author:Ethan Hawke
“I went through a lot of abuse and a lot of really difficult things growing up - depression, anxiety, attempted suicide.” DifficultGrowing UpGrowingAnxietyAbuseSuicideDifficult Things Author:Pattie Mallette
“Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.” PeopleHappensGrowsDifficultGrowing UpDamn Author:Maya Angelou
“Intelligent, heartfelt stories that tell a whole new set of truths about growing up American. Julie Orringer writes with virtuosity and depth about the fears, cruelties, and humiliations of childhood, but then does that rarest, and more difficult, thing: writes equally beautifully about the moments of victory and transcendence.” WritingDoeWholeMomentsStoriesDifficultGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodVictoryIntelligentDepthCrueltyHumiliationTranscendenceDifficult ThingsHeartfeltVirtuosity Author:George Saunders