“I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read my book. And I remember myself, we'd gone through a world war. My father was an army officer so I was aware of what was going on. But I wasn't bombarded with images of catastrophe like many kids are today.” WorldBookWarKidsAgeTodayRememberFatherMy OwnGoneArmyCompareWar Of The WorldsOfficersCatastropheGrandchildrenBombardedBombarded ByArmy Officers Author:Lois Lowry
“I've always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn't, I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I've got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I'm in it 'til the end of the race.” IfsEndsMightKidsRaceGoneCoupleSelf ConfidenceWinnerStubbornDrains Author:Truman Capote
“Sometimes one of my ways of choosing movies that I want to do is if it's the kind of movie I would have gone to see when I was a kid, and this is a movie I actually did go see, as a kid. And I think it will be exciting for audiences to see now.” IfsThinkingWayWantKindSometimesKidsAudienceGoneExcitingMy Way Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“When I was a kid you always heard about the Israeli army and you always heard about this tiny little country and how everyone around them wants them gone, and every time somebody comes after them they take care of business. And so as a Jewish kid you were proud of that.” WantLittlesCountryCareKidsGoneHeardProudArmyTake CareTinyIsraeliIsraeli Army Author:Adam Sandler
“The thing that strikes me now when I think about the Wilderness of Childhood is the incredible degree of freedom my parents gave me to adventure there. A very grave, very significant shift in our idea of childhood has occurred since then. The Wilderness of Childhood is gone; the days of adventure are past. The land ruled by children, to which a kid might exile himself for at least some portion of every day from the neighboring kingdom of adulthood, has in large part been taken over, co-opted, colonized, and finally absorbed by the neighbors.” ThinkingChildrenIdeasMightKidsPastParentGoneTakenLandChildhoodAdventureDegreesIncrediblesStrikesNeighborSignificantGravesKingdomsWildernessPortionsAdulthoodExile Author:Michael Chabon
“I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'” WayLooksI CanReasonKidsHoursGoneTelevisionTvsGrewGrew UpResearchReason WhyJustifyOverwhelmedWatching Tv Author:Matt Groening
“My 13-year-old daughter leaves the house at 7:15 every morning and takes a smelly city bus to school way uptown. It's like 8 degrees out, and it's dark and she's got this morning face and I send her out there to take a bus. Meanwhile, my driver is sitting in a toasty Mercedes that's going to take me to work once both kids are gone. I could send her in the Mercedes and then have it come back to get me, but I can't have my kid doing that. I can't do that to her. Me? I earned that f—ing Mercedes. You better f—ing believe it.” WayYearsBelieveI CanKidsSchoolFacesHouseDarkCitiesMorningGoneDegreesDaughterSittingDriversTake MeBusEvery MorningSmellyUptownCity Bus Author:Louis C. K.
“I have no regrets. I wanted to raise the kids and be a present father. When I developed a movie, I was gone for a year. That didn't really work for me. That isn't fair to make these life-forms and then disappear.” YearsKidsWantedFormFatherGoneRegretFairsRaisesDisappearNo RegretsHave No Regrets Author:Dana Carvey
“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
“I dont know too many parents that want to feed their kids soda, but high-fructose corn syrup is cheap. The price of soda in 20 years has gone down 40 percent while the price of whole foods, fruits and vegetables, has gone up 40 percent and obesity goes up right along that curve.” KnowsWantYearsWholeKidsParentGonePercentFruitVegetablesCurvesCornObesitySodaFruits And VegetablesSyrupWhole FoodsCorn Syrup Author:Tom Colicchio
“If we parents accept that problems are an essential part of life's challenges, rather than reacting to every problem as if something has gone wrong with the universe that's supposed to be perfect, we can demonstrate serenity and confidence in problem solving for our kids.By telling them that we know they have a problem and we know they can solve it, we can pass on a realistic attitude as well as empower our children with self-confidence and a sense of their own worth.” IfsKnowsWellsChildrenSelfProblemKidsUniverseParentChallengesPerfectAttitudeAcceptingGoneEssentialsOur ChildrenSolveSelf ConfidenceSupposed To BeEmpoweringRealisticSerenityProblem SolvingParts Of LifeReacting Author:Barbara Coloroso