“There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that Ive gone through.” WorldWayKidsBeautifulMy OwnGoneFrontsDifficultyBraveBeautiful ThingsMy Own Life Author:Gloria Estefan
“Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd say, `I want to be in the NHL' and they'd say, `Well, there are no black people or not very many in the NHL' and as a kid, you'd wonder why. But overall, I didn't really face any racial difficulties. Nothing too bad or too lasting.” PeopleWantWellsSometimesKidsFacesBlackWonderGrowing UpGrowingTeamMy FriendsDifficultyLastingBlack PeopleNhl Author:Jarome Iginla
“The difficulty of being a Latin kid, a Latin man in this country [U.S].” MenCountryKidsDifficultyLatin Author:John Leguizamo
“The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the kid is having difficulty meeting every hour, every day, every week. Because it's predictable, we can have these conversations proactively. That is very hard for people.” PeopleHardKidsParentHoursWeekConversationConflictExpectationsDifficultyMajorityMeetingsPredictable Author:Ross W. Greene
“Parents are much more likely to be attuned to what they don't like than they are to the expectations that the kid is having difficulty meeting.” KidsParentExpectationsDifficultyMeetings Author:Ross W. Greene
“Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having difficulty meeting an expectation.” MeanKidsChallengesBehaviorExpectationsDifficultyMeetingsCommunicateSignalsFever Author:Ross W. Greene
“One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.” KidsPoliticalBornLevelsBrotherHatredDifficultyMy BrotherContemptExposedMy Sister Author:Toni Morrison
“As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.” IdeasKidsArtistRomanticDifficultyMathJudgementEstablishmentBeing An ArtistSpellingBohemianBohemia Author:Peter Wright