“We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.” PeopleKnowsGivingWellsProblemBigsKidsHumanityIssuesDietsBig ThingsObesityFast Food Author:Chris Noth
“That's one of the problems with making music your business, it becomes a business. You're no longer just this kid who is a fan and going to see every show. I've been in a bar every night for the last 15 years. Going to see bands for me is work.” YearsShowsProblemKidsLastsNightFansBandBarsEvery Night Author:Mojo Nixon
“These days kids get paid enough that they probably don't need to work too much. The problem is when the person is old enough that they need to work to make a living, and the only thing that they know how to do is what they are already washed up in.” KnowsNeedsPersonsEnoughProblemKidsKnow HowToo MuchPaidThese Days Author:Susan Olsen
“I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready.” KindArtProblemBigsKidsFightingWeekReadyBackgroundsMartial Arts Author:Jason Statham
“I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.” ProblemKidsGrowsGrowing Up Author:Venus Williams
“I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.” ThinkingFeelsProblemKidsAmericaIssuesAdultsValuablePriorities Author:Alonzo Mourning
“The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!” YearsProblemBigsKidsNightParentMorningGrowing UpGrowingCookingCafesDays Of The YearMenagerie Author:Anthony Minghella
“Getting kids moving is a key factor in tackling obesity and health problems among the young.” ProblemKidsMovingYoungKeysFactorsObesityTacklingHealth Problems Author:Magnus
“When you're a kid, you have no power. You're physically small and weak, and adults are constantly telling you what to do. So it's incredibly compelling to imagine yourself not only as someone to whom exciting things happen but as someone who is more than those around you. The problem is that then you begin to grow up and realize you're just a lowly muggle. … Is it possible that all of us, weaned on these stories, end up inevitably disappointed with mundane life as it actually exists?” EndsStoriesProblemHappensKidsGrowsRealizingGrowing UpImagineAdultsWeakExcitingThings HappenDisappointedCompellingMundaneExciting ThingsMugglesMundane Life Author:Paul Waldman
“I had an attitude problem when I was a kid. I'm not gonna lie.” ProblemKidsLyingAttitudeAttitude Problem Author:Tionne Watkins
“Social ills: teenage pregnancy, gangs, children with behavioral problems. All these things can be alleviated if kids got more physical activity for starters.” IfsChildrenProblemKidsSocialActivityPregnancyTeenageGangStartersPhysical ActivityTeenage Pregnancy Author:Edwin Moses
“Childhood obesity isn't about looks. And it's not about weight. It's about how our kids feel. And those are really the implications of the problem and the words that tell a fuller picture of the challenges that we face; you know, kids struggling in ways that they didn't a generation ago.” KnowsWayFeelsLooksProblemKidsFacesChallengesStruggleGenerationsChildhoodWeightImplicationsObesityChildhood Obesity Author:Michelle Obama
“Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. ... But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantGivingWellsMeanMadeProblemKidsArtistCompanyRecordsThis WorldPopsMade ItTeenagerExecutivesContractsIdolsRecord CompaniesInexpensiveNoddingMime Author:Steven Morrissey
“I think whatever is going on with my brain, I'm very, very - and I'm not saying this as a positive thing, it's just a fact - I'm very creative. I have a very strong imagination, and have since I was a little kid. That is where a lot of my world comes from. It's like I'm off somewhere else. And I can have a problem in life because of that, because I'm always off in some other world thinking about something else. It's constant.” ThinkingWorldLittlesI CanFactsProblemKidsStrongImaginationBrainCreativeConstantVery StrongLittle KidSomewhere ElseOther WorldsPositive ThingsProblems In Life Author:James Gunn
“I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books.” BookProblemKidsMovedNew FriendsBookworms Author:Kirby Larson
“The problem with kids these days is they don't have enough fun stuff to do. When I was stationed with my family in Germany, youth basketball programs gave me something to strive to do my best at.” EnoughProblemKidsFunStuffYouthBasketballProgramMy FamilyStriveThese DaysGermanyNbaFun Stuff Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“A real good artist is basically a grown-up kid, who never kills the kid. What we call being an adult is basically about killing the kid. People think you have to forget about the kid to become an adult and deal with grown-up problems. But, that's bullshit. We are still kids. It's the same, you just grow up. You're a kid with more experience.” PeopleThinkingStillsRealProblemKidsArtistGrowsForgetDealsGrowing UpAdultsKillingBullshitGood ArtGood Artist Author:Quentin Dupieux
“Parents needs to spend more time with who they're trusting their kids with. That's one of the nuggets going forward. Find out who these coaches are. Figure out their environment and what kind of problems they have, and see if you want your child involved with that.” IfsWantNeedsKindChildrenProblemKidsParentEnvironmentFiguresInvolvedOur ChildrenCoachesYour ChildrenMore TimeNuggets Author:Ray Lewis
“The kids who come backstage that have cancer or whatever, make them laugh and smile for a little while, what's the problem with that? There isn't any.” LittlesProblemKidsLaughingCancerLaughs And Smiles Author:Jeff Dunham
“As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence, I find it interesting to live in a country where your government is allowed to kill, whether it's war or execution. What interests me is not who deserves to die but who deserves to kill.” WayTryingKindWarCountryProblemGovernmentKidsMotherDiesInterestInterestingViolenceDeserveRaisesSolveCodeExecutionHonorableDeath Penalty Author:Susan Sarandon
“When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming number of widows and orphans and people who had been physically and emotionally damaged; every 10-year-old kid on the street knew how to dismantle a Kalashnikov in under a minute. I would flip through math textbooks intended for third grade, fourth grade, and they would include word problems such as, "If you have 100 grenades and 20 mujahideen, how many grenades per mujahideen do you get?" War has infiltrated every facet of life.” PeopleIfsYearsWarProblemKidsNumbersStreetsMinutesThirdsMathGradesZoneNeighborhoodOverwhelmingAfghanistanFourthFlipWidowsOrphanTextbooksFacetsGrenadeThird GradeFourth GradeWar ZonesWidows And OrphansMujahideenKalashnikov Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I want my kids to have a deep, inner feeling that it's alright to be happy, that you don't have to be constantly manufacturing problems that you don't really have.” WantFeelingsProblemKidsManufacturingAlrightInner Feelings Author:Jack Nicholson
“The [character] that I was able to crawl into the most was Lilo from Lilo & Stitch. This was sort of a cartoony-looking girl, but her problems were completely real. Her funky world that she createdI mean, you know kids like that. It was very honest and genuine and I wanted to do an honest job, so I thought about the character a lot before I animated it. I really got into the character, where [I] almost felt that pain that she had. The loss of the parents - you need to feel all that. That was a big learning experience for me.” KnowsWorldNeedsFeelsMeanRealCharacterProblemBigsKidsAbleWantedPainJobsGirlFeltParentLossHonestGenuineAnimatedLearning ExperienceStitchesFunky Author:Andreas Deja
“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