“I was brought up in an environment to believe that my opinion was important, that I had something to say, and that it was no less powerful because I was young, a girl, at the time really unattractive, definitely not the smartest kid in the class.” BelieveImportantKidsYoungGirlPowerfulOpinionClassEnvironmentUnattractive Author:Megyn Kelly
“We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is it at all. It's stupid; it's a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that's rather different. That's a powerful reminder of where we are.” ThinkingTryingHumansDifferentKidsEarthPowerfulConditionsStupidWasteDistanceMusclesWasting TimeHuman ConditionRemindersEmpathetic Author:Simon Winchester
“The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else.... If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.” PeopleIfsNeedsKidsOrderPowerfulNumbersAcceptanceMetsOur FamilyBelongingElsewhereApprovalTrust Me Book:Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family Source: Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
“I moved around a lot as a kid, and when you're always entering new places at that age, you kind of have to learn how to adapt yourself, and I felt a really powerful way to do that was to make people laugh.” PeopleWayKindKidsAgeFeltPowerfulLaughingMovedEnteringMaking People LaughNew PlacesReally Powerful Author:Adam Pally
“The benefits kids get from watching "Sesame Street" can be as powerful as the ones children get from preschool.” ChildrenKidsPowerfulStreetsBenefitsPreschoolSesame Street Author:Julie Roginsky
“Intensive mothering is the ultimate female Olympics: We are all in powerful competition with each other, in constant danger of being trumped by the mom down the street, or in the magazine we're reading. The competition isn't just over who's a good mother--it's over who's the best. We compete with each other; we compete with ourselves. The best mothers always put their kids' needs before their own, period.” NeedsKidsMotherReadingPowerfulStreetsDangerMomPeriodsFemaleUltimateConstantCompetitionMotherhoodMagazinesOlympicsMotheringGood MotherBest Mother Author:Susan J. Douglas
“The love you have for your kids is so overwhelmingly powerful that it alters your perspective. The dark things going on in the world become very poignant and vivid.” WorldKidsDarkPowerfulLove YouPerspectiveVividPoignantDark Things Author:James Mercer