“I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanKidsWantedClassIssuesWorstTestsPursue Author:Ashley Rickards
“My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had them. I got the message very early on that the worst mistake a woman can make is marrying a man with children.” IfsKnowsMenChildrenDoneKidsMy OwnMistakeWorstMetsHusbandMessagesDivorcedMarrying Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out of extreme poverty. There are 100 million new entrants into the labour market each year. Up to 90 percent in some regions are in the informal economy. 180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dangerous” MenWorldYearsChildrenEnoughKidsTogetherFormPovertyMillionsEconomyWorstDangerousPercentMen And WomenLaborThirdsExtremesBillionsEngagedLabourRegionsUnemployedWorkforceExtreme PovertyChild LabourDecent Work Author:Juan Somavia
“The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent.” WorldKidsParentWomenWorstWorst Things Author:Laura Schlessinger
“I went to school for one year. It was the best experience but the worst experience. The best experience because I was, like, 'Oh, now I know why kids are so depressed.' But it was the worst experience because I was depressed.” KnowsYearsKidsSchoolWorstBest Experiences Author:Willow Smith
“I never really get to go to school because I am always on tour or with my father. There is a tutor most of the time, but usually I am working so I never get to do the lessons. The worst thing about maths is all the kids are ahead of me because they go to school.” KidsSchoolFatherWorstLessonsMathWorst ThingsTutor Author:Willow Smith
“I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.” YearsKidsGroupsTeamWorstSwimPoolInspirational TeamSwim Team Author:Lance Armstrong
“[Drug] Addiction is awful, the worst if it is your kid. Plenty of loving parents who did everything "right" find themselves with kids caught up with drugs, and plenty of absentee parents have kids who never touch the stuff.” IfsKidsStuffParentWorstDrugAddictionCaughtAwfulPlentyCaught UpDrug AddictionDrug AddictLoving Parents Author:Roxanne Roberts
“I was the worst, most sickly kid of all - 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.” MeanSelfKidsUsedGirlWorstSelf EsteemBeatsEsteemPounds Author:Jack LaLanne
“I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary.” KnowsWantKidsWorstKingsOrdinaryDrsLutherAbrahamWorst FearDr Martin Luther King Author:Rafe Esquith
“So guess what, if I ever have my own team I am picking everyone first even the worst kid and the kid with the stutter like a skipping record 'cause I know all of us are scratched, even if you can't hear it when we speak.” IfsKnowsInspirationalFirstsKidsPoetrySpeakCausesMy OwnRecordsTeamWorstWhat If Author:Andrea Gibson
“I guess you heard about this; the U.S. Olympic Committee is coming under fire after it was revealed that the uniforms for Team USA to be worn in the opening ceremony were made in China. Turns out they were made by some of the same kids who could beat us in gymnastics. That's the worst part.” MadeKidsFunnyTurnsFireHeardTeamWorstBeatsChinaOpeningUsaWornUniformsOlympicsCommitteesCeremonyGymnasticsLondon OlympicsMade In ChinaOpening Ceremony Author:Jay Leno
“What people don't realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those ten kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you're being bullied by millions of people constantly.” PeopleKidsSchoolRealizingMillionsWorstFameTenHigh SchoolScalesBulliedBeing Bullied Author:Megan Fox