“A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.” IfsGivingTryingDoeSelfReasonKidsGamesGrowsParentResponsibilityGrowing UpFailingProduceHealthyAdultsSelf ConfidenceFixedDependent Author:Simon Sinek
“Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.” ShouldChildrenCountryAmericaYoungGrowsGoalLosesGrowing UpSuccessfulViolenceCitizensHealthyHighestGunAdultsAbuseAddictionYoung AdultIllValuableEducatedSecureJailOur FutureGun ViolenceGood CitizenIll HealthSingle Child Author:John F. Kerry
“It's my life dream to be able to go and continue going to schools and teaching them about stretching and aerobics, cardio and strength training, because I want them to have a better life than I did. I don't want them to grow up to be me. I want them to be healthy. I want them not to go through eating disorders [like me].” WantDreamAbleSchoolGrowsGrowing UpTeachingHealthyEatingTrainingLike MeDisorderBetter LifeStretchingEating DisorderCardioLife DreamStrength TrainingAerobics Author:Richard Simmons
“Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly imperfect can be helpful to you. As you were trying to grow up despite their fumbling efforts, you had to develop skills and tolerances other kids missed out on. Some of the strongest people I know grew up taking care of inept, invalid, or psychotic parents--but they know the parents weren't normal, healthy, or whole.” PeopleKnowsTryingStillsWholeCareKidsTurnsGrowsProcessParentEffortGrowing UpGrewHealthySkillsNormalGrew UpToleranceDespiteAwfulHelpfulStrongestImperfectPsychotic Author:Frank Pittman
“The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a small, safe place (an apartment? a room? a lap?) in which, in the companionship of a loving person, that child could discover that he or she was lovable and capable of loving in return. If a child finds this during the first years of life, he or she can grow up to be a competent, healthy person.” IfsYearsFirstsChildrenPersonsLyingGrowsAbilityRoomsGrowing UpReturnCircumstancesHealthySafeCapableRootsThriveApartmentCompanionshipLapCompetentLovableSafe PlacesYears Of LifeLoving PersonHealthy Person Book:Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers Source: Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers
“I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.” GrowsGrowing UpGrewHealthyGrew UpAreasWestMilesDetroitDoseMotownArbors Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“Having been born and raised in Washington, D.C., you kind of absorb politics when you grow up. And it continues to be a focus of mine, probably more than what is healthy for me.” KindGrowsBornGrowing UpFocusMinesHealthyRaisedBorn And Raised Author:Jeffrey Wright
“When I was growing up, we didn't have this super-skinny, flawless image to compete with. I find it unfortunate that young women may look at those images and think that is the ideal of beauty. It can cause a lot of problems and self-esteem issues if we don't remind girls that being healthy and exactly who you are is the main thing. I'm grateful I didn't grow up with those images.” IfsThinkingLooksMaySelfProblemYoungGirlGrowsCausesGrowing UpIssuesGrowingSelf EsteemHealthyIdealsGratefulWho You AreEsteemUnfortunateYoung WomenSkinnyFlawlessSelf Esteem Issues Author:Kellee Stewart
“The second challenge is to make sure that, growing up in this culture, they have a healthy view of life and God and Scripture. So, that's my other challenge. So, finding that balance is certainly no easy task but it can be very fulfilling. So, that's part of what we talk about in this book.” BookCultureEasyChallengesViewsGrowing UpGrowingBalanceHealthyFindingsTasksScriptureFulfillingEasy Tasks Author:Alex Kendrick
“We were young. We were 23. I was a kid, growing up, that would burn and fry. I didn't understand why. We did all this study and research and learned so much about skin cells and rejuvenation and how the body works and (how) everybody is different. (We) learned what doctors do for treatment of certain things and so I changed my direction and opened up a skin-care company - healthy tanning, skin-care products and rejuvenation and all of that and it took off.” DifferentBodyCareKidsYoungCertainCompanyGrowing UpStudyGrowingChangedProductsHealthyResearchDoctorsSkinsCellsTreatmentKids Growing UpSkin CareRejuvenationTanningBody Work Author:Drew Waters
“I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, I grew up in Montana so... there was kind of a little half-pipe in my yard, and that was the extent of the skate terrain in Montana. So I've got to go out and make up for lost time.” KindMeanLittlesStillsEnoughLostHalfGrowing UpGrowingGrewHealthyGrew UpYardsPipeSkatesMontanaTerrainLost Time Author:Jeff Ament
“I want to be a positive influence in little girls' eyes. Little girls need to be confident and grow up with a healthy state of mind. It's a tough, tough world out there.” WorldWantNeedsMindLittlesStatesEyeGirlGrowsGrowing UpInfluenceHealthyToughState Of MindBe ConfidentPositive InfluenceTough World Author:Christy Carlson Romano
“I think growing up it was never an issue for me to think about working out or having a healthy lifestyle because I danced so much. Then when I stopped dancing and I got into regular life mode, I didn't realize how much diet and nutrition and being active was so important. Not only for my physical state, but for my mental state, too. I think that's just as important as working out for your physical state.” ThinkingImportantStatesRealizingGrowing UpIssuesGrowingHealthyDancingWork OutActiveLifestyleDietsNutritionHealthy Lifestyle Author:Julianne Hough
“I was into fantasy more than horror. I was growing up in the mid-'70s through the '80s, and I also got a healthy dose of that classic era of film.” FilmFantasyGrowing UpGrowingHealthyHorrorErasClassic80sDose Author:Arik Roper
“The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same.” KnowsGivingTryingWellsMatterReasonGamesGrowsParentResponsibilityLeaderSupportGrowing UpFailingHealthyAdultsNo Matter What Author:Simon Sinek
“Kids are growing up in communities in which they see their loved ones cycling in and out of prison and in which they are sent the message in countless ways that they, too, are going to prison one way or another. We cannot build healthy, functioning schools within a context where there is no funding available because it's going to building prisons and police forces.” WayKidsSchoolForceCommunityGrowing UpGrowingBuildingHealthyMessagesPolicePrisonAvailableOne WayLoved OnesFundingCyclingPolice Force Author:Michelle Alexander
“There are still many women - and their spouses and children - who view a reflected self - I'm Mrs. Smith, not Mary Smith - as psychologically healthy. Those people are not motivated to change. But it is really dangerous to live through others'. What ever your circumstances, it is not a good idea to be wholly dependent on responses from others to like, respect or love yourself. Your children will grow up and start their own families; the divorce rate has remained at 50 percent for decades.” PeopleChildrenGrowing UpLove YouDangerousCircumstancesHealthyOur ChildrenResponseRateDivorceYour ChildrenMotivatedLove YourselfSpouse Author:Judith M Bardwick
“Thank God the Internet didn't exist when I was 15, 16. I knew people were tearing me apart, but my God, if there had been a net and commenters and I would have been reading them - it was bad enough as it was. To grow up in the media eye, I'm glad it happened, but that was definitely not healthy being around adults all the time.” PeopleEnoughEyeReadingGrowing UpInternetHealthyGladThank God Author:Emma Forrest