“No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.” KnowsBookKidsTodayReadingEventsPaperCurrentsAppetiteLove Of ReadingNever Stop LearningGed Author:Michael J. Fox
“Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times.” KidsActorsSawsPaperSummerLocalsRanMovieArticlesFilmmakingEmbarrassingObsessiveTurning Points Author:Victor Salva
“I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done.” WritingLittlesDoneKidsSongPiecesPaperLittle KidWriting Songs Author:Chris Carmack
“Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few things I've discovered about writing is to form a habit that becomes an addiction so that if you don't put something down on paper every day, you get really mean and awful with withdrawal symptoms, and your wife and your dog and your kids are going to kick your ass until you get back to it because they can't bear you in that state of mind.” IfsWritingMindMeanStatesKidsFormMorningWifeDogBearsHabitTenPaperAddictionAssAwfulClockKicksGet BackState Of MindTwelveSymptomsGet RealReally MeanWithdrawal Author:Frank Pierson
“Play with your kids. Limit their TV time. Get outdoors and chase them around. Wrestle with them. Walk the dog. Go bike riding. The reality is that your kids are not stupid, and they know when they are overweight Start walking the dog after dinner instead of watching TV. You don't want them going on the Web to find ways to lose weight. That's when you'll find them eating tissue paper because they read that a supermodel did it.” KnowsWayWantPlayRealityKidsLosesWalksDogStupidTvsWalkingLimitsPaperEatingWeightDinnerRidingBikeTissuesOverweightLose WeightNot StupidWatching TvSupermodelBike RidingTissue Paper Author:Jillian Michaels
“A box of crayons and a big sheet of paper provides a more expressive medium for kids than computerized paint programs.” BigsKidsPaperProgramPaintBoxesMediumsSheetsExpressiveCrayon Author:Clifford Stoll
“All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw. My childhood was like my adult life: drawing pictures with my brother, putting the comics up on the glass window, and tracing the characters onto tracing paper or drawing paper and then coloring them. That and making things was all we ever did.” CharacterKidsChildhoodBrotherPaperDrawsAdultsWindowGlassesDrawingMy BrotherTracingDrawing Pictures Author:Maurice Sendak
“I grew up as a fairly poor kid in, you know, Toronto, Canada. I don't think I owned any new clothes until I was, like, 15 or something. They were all second-hand and forged from paper.” ThinkingKnowsHandsKidsPoorGrewPaperClothesGrew UpCanadaTorontoForgedSecond HandNew ClothesSecond Hand Clothes Author:Paulo Costanzo