“I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensKidsViolenceVariousIrrational Author:Samantha Morton
“Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me eat sand, and those same boys would walk behind me, teasing me. Finally I had enough, and I told them to grow up.” NeedsHas BeensMadeEnoughKidsSchoolGrowsWalksBehindsBoysGrowing UpSpecialSandTeaseHad EnoughBulliedElementary SchoolSpecial Needs Author:Lauren Potter
“I love that my career has been documented and I can look back one day and share it with my kids.” LooksHas BeensI CanKidsCareersShareOne Day Author:Aubrey O'Day
“I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.” WritingHas BeensKidsSchoolParentGrowing UpGrowingKids Growing Up Author:Tom Perrotta
“Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it's just 18-year-old kids.” FeelsYearsLooksHas BeensDoneKidsSituationInvolvedSorrySoldierHorrific Author:Gideon Raff
“You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?” KnowsMeanHas BeensDifferentCareKidsAbleSchoolTogetherCollegeHigh SchoolHanging OutGood FriendWho CaresNerdyClique Author:Brandon Sanderson
“When I was a kid, I took 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Partridge Family' very seriously. It was a world to me in the same way that the Greek myths would have been had I read them. You know, Marcia is Athena and Mr. Brady is Zeus.” KnowsWorldWayHas BeensKidsMythBunchGreekZeusAthenaBradyGreek MythBrady Bunch Author:George Saunders
“Some of the best times I've spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I'm concerned to see today's kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.” Has BeensKidsTodayMy OwnMomInternetConcernedMy MomSpendingMore TimeExploringSiblingBest TimesColoradoBrowsing Author:Mark Udall
“I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.” LittlesHas BeensKidsHugeNutsLittle Kid Author:Zachary Levi
“As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.” IfsLittlesHas BeensMightKidsNaturalWhiteHellHappenedMomDadInvolvedRedPressureMy DadAthleteMy MomLittle KidMight Have BeenMom And DadCaliberBeing A DadStepmothersSprinters Author:Brian J. White
“Martial arts has been a way of life for me since I was a young kid. It created a discipline and respect for everything. Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.” WayPersonsHas BeensArtMadeKidsYoungDisciplineMartial ArtsMmaBetter Person Author:Luke Rockhold
“And my wife is - you know my wife, Hanna Rosin - it's hard, there's no doubt. We have three kids, and it's a pain. I'm away a lot and it's hard on her, but she's been very generous about it and my kids have been very good about it, too. It also allows me when I'm Washington to be more intent with them.” KnowsHas BeensHardKidsPainThreeDoubtWifeVery GoodMy WifeGenerousNo Doubt Author:David Plotz
“There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsMightKidsSchoolPastLinesCollegeEasierHigh SchoolImmigrationIllegalMight Have BeenIllegal ImmigrationLegal ImmigrationShow RespectValedictorians Author:Jeb Bush
“I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.” WorldYearsHas BeensWarDoneKidsBitsFiveFourDadYears AgoMy DadBeachWar Of The WorldsFive YearsWorld War IiFour YearsWorld War IRemembranceD Day Author:Eddie Izzard
“Sometimes you're blessed with teams that are incredibly talented, but there's chaos. But sometimes you're blessed, as I have been this year, to have kids who think the same way you do.” ThinkingWayYearsHas BeensSometimesKidsTeamBlessedChaos Author:Jim Calhoun
“Most homeless kids are on the streets because they have been forced by circumstances that cause them to think that they are safer there than in any home they once knew.” ThinkingHas BeensHomeKidsCausesStreetsYouthCircumstancesHomelessHomelessness Author:Jewel
“If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled.” IfsHas BeensKidsAgeWomenBoysBonesControlled Author:Laura Schlessinger
“When I was a kid I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls, but I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me. Not that I wouldn't rather make love, but the work has become a habit.” WantWritingHas BeensImportantPlayKidsGirlPlayerHabitDrawsBaseballBallsWant MeMaking LoveBaseball PlayerGood Baseball Author:Shel Silverstein
“I was that kid. I was entertaining everybody in the living room and throwing myself down flights of stairs and making the family look special and making my mother feel better and I really wanted to make people happy. That has been my ministry my whole life. I call it The Church of F.F.C. - The Church of Freedom From Concern. And I'm a high priest in that church.” PeopleFeelsLooksHas BeensWholeKidsWantedMotherChurchRoomsSpecialConcernWhole LifeFlightPriestsThrowingEntertainingMinistryFeel BetterStairsLiving RoomMaking People Happy Author:Jim Carrey
“We all know or have read about someone who has been burned on social media. We have taught our kids not to post pictures publicly that could impact their future, but we have not yet taught ourselves that texts, messages and social media posts could be used just as maliciously or with as much downside as pictures.” KnowsHas BeensKidsUsedSocialMediaTaughtMessagesImpactSocial MediaPostsBurnedText Message Author:Mark Cuban