“For example, parents who talk a lot to their children have kids with better language skills, parents who spank have children who grow up to be violent, parents who are neither too authoritarian or too lenient have children who are well-adjusted, and so on.” WellsChildrenKidsLanguageGrowsParentGrowing UpExampleSkillsViolentLenientLanguage Skills Author:Steven Pinker
“Some children naturally have more cognitive control than others, and in all kids this essential skill is being compromised by the usual suspects: smartphones, TV, etc. But there are many ways that adults can help kids learn better cognitive control.” WayChildrenHelpingKidsTvsSkillsEssentialsAdultsEtcSuspectsUsualCognitiveSmartphones Author:Daniel Goleman
“At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.” LittlesEndsKidsBitsSportsSkillsLittle BitProgramLife Skills Author:Troy Vincent
“I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd. I didn't have a ton of academic skills. It wasn't until I was in high school that I was like, "I guess I like writing dialogue." So that's how I got into it.” WritingLittlesKidsSchoolSkillsHigh SchoolDialogueIndianAcademicNerdWriting Dialogue Author:Mindy Kaling
“Success to me is self-determined, the life I live today, to come from a kid strung out on angel dust, homeless, at some points sleeping in the street. No money, not knowing where the next meal was coming from. No sex, no relationships, people that didn't love me, didn't care about me, to where I am today... that's successful. When I signed my record deal I always wanted to be respected by my peers for my ability and my skill level.” PeopleSelfCareKidsTodayWantedNextSexSleepAbilityLevelsDealsKnowingSuccessfulRecordsStreetsSkillsAngelDeterminedDustMealsNot KnowingPeersHomelessNo MoneyLive For TodaySleeping In Author:Joe Budden
“As a skilled psychologist, Dr. Reznick draws from her wealth of experience to offer children and parents a treasure trove of skills to relieve stress. She presents well-written, easy-to-follow tools to use in every situation. From visualization techniques to breathing exercises, Dr. Reznick taps the power of a child's imagination to ensure kids achieve peace and success.” WellsChildrenUseKidsEasyParentImaginationWealthSituationWrittenAchieveExerciseOffersSkillsDrawsToolsStressTechniqueTreasureBreathingDrsPsychologistVisualizationChildren And ParentsWell WrittenStress RelievingChildren's Imagination Author:Judith Orloff
“Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly imperfect can be helpful to you. As you were trying to grow up despite their fumbling efforts, you had to develop skills and tolerances other kids missed out on. Some of the strongest people I know grew up taking care of inept, invalid, or psychotic parents--but they know the parents weren't normal, healthy, or whole.” PeopleKnowsTryingStillsWholeCareKidsTurnsGrowsProcessParentEffortGrowing UpGrewHealthySkillsNormalGrew UpToleranceDespiteAwfulHelpfulStrongestImperfectPsychotic Author:Frank Pittman
“By looking at autistic kids, you can't tell when you're working with them who you're going to pull out, who is going to become verbal and who's not. And there seem to be certain kids who, as they learn more and more, they get less autistic acting, and they learn social skills enough so that they can turn out socially normal.” EnoughSeemsKidsCertainTurnsSocialActingSkillsNormalAutisticSocial Skills Author:Temple Grandin
“Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.” ImportantMatterKidsSchoolLife IsCan DoSkillsMarkNo Matter What Author:Howard Gardner
“The key is to really have tremendously high expectations and to teach kids how to be self sufficient and confident and give them the skills that they need to succeed.” NeedsGivingSelfKidsTeachKeysSucceedSkillsExpectationsSufficientSelf SufficientHigh Expectations Author:Erik Weihenmayer
“I've worked ever since I was a kid with a two-bit kit of magic tricks trying to improve my skills at entertaining whatever public I had - and to make myself ready, whenever the breaks came, to entertain a wider and more demanding public.” TryingTwoKidsBitsBreakMagicReadySkillsTricksEntertainingMagic TricksTwo Bit Author:Johnny Carson
“People are more easily manipulated when they don't have information. If you ensure that kids grow up without basic reading skills, math skills, and so forth, then you ensure that they can't act effectively.” PeopleIfsKidsReadingGrowsGrowing UpInformationSkillsMathMath Skills Author:Tony Kushner
“Well, certainly, even separate from what our culture is going through, kids have different personalities and different natural bents and skill sets that they seem to come pre-programmed with. One of my two sons is very athletic. The other one is into social skills and humor.” WellsTwoDifferentSeemsKidsCultureSocialNaturalSonPersonalitySkillsAthleticSocial Skills Author:Alex Kendrick
“First of all, women inherently, I think, are quite capable of having lots of balls in the air. And so, like, it's all those skills you use; you analyze the problem, figure out your tools, and then go at it piece by piece.... It's like what you have to do in the morning to get your kids out the door [if you're a parent]. The skills are, I believe, the same. The patience issues are the same.” IfsThinkingFirstsBelieveUseProblemKidsI BelieveParentMorningIssuesPiecesDoorsAirFiguresSkillsCapableToolsBalls Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world.” WorldPlayInspirationKidsGamesGrowing UpGrowingSkillsBasketballFellowsTreasureAround The WorldNativeDedicationCarolinaLemonsNorth CarolinaHarlemNational TreasureWilmingtonGlobetrottersMeadowlarks Author:Michael Jordan
“Speaking of human computers, there is a guy named Art Benjamin, he's a human calculator. He says it's a skill he learned as a kid. Now he's a math professor at Harvey Mudd. He can find the square root of a six digit number in a few seconds. Practice.” HumansArtKidsGuyNumbersPracticeSkillsSixComputerArt IsRootsMathSecondsProfessorsSquaresHarveyCalculatorsSquare Roots Author:Bill Nye
“I was a kid in the third grade ... saw a dummy in the toy store. In the '60s and '70s there were a lot of those vinyl ventriloquism dummies - just about every toy store had one. Everyone close to my age that I've talked to, especially guys for some reason, tell me that they had one too, but they said they never could do it. So many people come up to me and say that. It was just something that I thought was cool. I started doing book reports with it - I developed the skill. I easily got A's on all my reports. It was just something that a little kid grasped on to - so I stuck with it.” PeopleLittlesSaidBookReasonKidsAgeGuySawsSkillsThirdsCome UpStoresStuckReportsGradesToysThey SaidLittle KidVinylDummyThird GradeVentriloquism Author:Jeff Dunham
“It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for 'basic skills' practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I've just taught you.” YearsWellsChildrenSelfEnoughKidsSchoolHoursBehindsTeachPracticeTeacherCryTaughtLessonsSkillsSixMathContactTwelveLiteracyTransmitMath Skills Author:John Taylor Gatto
“I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.” PeopleThinkingWorldLongHas BeensKidsSchoolSocialFeltMy OwnGoneThis WorldAmountSkillsAnxietyLong TimeEnormousWealthyPolishedPrepsSocial Skills Author:Dan Chaon
“I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not learning job skills.” KindKidsJobsSeeingSkillsSmartEmploymentAwkwardSocially Awkward Author:Temple Grandin
“That was how I got into music and art was being a battle kid from Jersey, so I didn't have these wonderful ways of learning commitment, dedication, practicing skill.” WayArtKidsWonderfulBattleSkillsCommitmentDedicationJersey Author:Doseone
“I tell my kids, "Look, your life is a video game, and I have to get you from level zero to 18 as an independent person with all your skills and limbs intact. Every time you hit your brother or throw food, you're taking us all back."” LooksPersonsKidsLife IsGamesLevelsBrotherSkillsIndependentVideoZeroLimbsYour BrotherIndependent Person Author:Julie Bowen
“I do a lot of motivational speaking for young performers and kids who really want to get into acting and performing. I always say, to be as versatile as possible, because you never know which skill is going to help you get a role.” KnowsWantHelpingKidsYoungActingRolesSkillsPerformingPerformersVersatileActing And Performing Author:Rachele Brooke Smith
“There's a side to reality TV that is part education, as well. I've seen that since doing "MasterChef Junior," in terms of the effect it has on the confidence given these young kids from 8 to 13, a quality life skill. Even if they never pursue cooking as a job or a career, just learning how to cook for yourself sets you up in a good place.” IfsWellsRealityKidsJobsYoungGivenSidesTermQualityCareersEffectsTvsSkillsCookingPursueCooksJuniorsQuality Of LifeGood PlaceReality TvLife SkillsMasterchef Author:Gordon Ramsay
“You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleWayWantHumansKidsSidesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveSkillsConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a poor fit between expectations and the capacity of the kid, there is incompatibility, and that's when we see people exhibit challenging behavior.” PeopleKidsChallengesPoorFitSkillsBehaviorExpectationsCapacityOutcomesExhibitsCompatibilityIncompatibility Author:Ross W. Greene
“Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are visual thinkers like me. Other kids are pattern thinkers - your mathematicians, your programmers. And there are others, they are word thinkers. Uneven skills. You need to take the thing that they're good at and you need to work on developing it.” WayNeedsBigsKidsGeniusSkillsRemainsPatternsLike MeDevelopingVisualsThinkerValleysAutismMathematicianProgrammersSiliconSilicon ValleyContinuumNonverbal Author:Temple Grandin
“Kids coming from very difficult economic circumstances in urban areas are in some ways discriminated against in ways that are similar to the way people with intellectual disabilities are discriminated against. People are afraid of them. People sometimes assume that they don't have skills, gifts or abilities to contribute.” PeopleWaySometimesKidsDifficultAbilityEconomicCircumstancesSkillsIntellectualAreasAssumingDisabilityUrbanUrban AreasIntellectual Disability Author:Timothy Shriver
“A lot of kids just want to go play basketball, but they don't know to play and they don't have the skills to play. I think just the skill development right off and then play all you can, but don't sacrifice your skill development by just playing and not working on the specifics of the game.” ThinkingKnowsWantPlayKidsGamesSacrificeDevelopmentSkillsBasketballSpecificsSkills Development Author:Pat Summitt
“I think so much emphasis these days is placed upon achievement and skill and assessment that the joy has gone out of reading for many kids. Students become distracted by struggling to learn to read or by the pressure to achieve.” ThinkingKidsJoyReadingStruggleGoneAchieveStudentsSkillsAchievementPressureThese DaysEmphasisDistractedAssessment Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.” ThinkingHardKidsSportsHard WorkSkillsFocused Author:Frank Lampard
“These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad.” HardKidsFormYoungFrontsTaughtAdventureTvsSkillsScreensThese DaysEpicLaptopsSo Sad Author:John Lydon
“There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.” PeopleHelpingKidsSchoolJobsValuesLinesSkillsEssentialsBottomRangeBottom LineGoverningPublic SectorHelping Someone Author:Dee Dee Myers
“The goal for the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation is to give kids an opportunity to be involved in sports and hopefully learn some lessons along the way. We want to put them in a safe environment, help them if they need it and maybe they will get a scholarship to a school because of the skills that they learn. Sport is just a starting point.” IfsWayWantNeedsGivingHelpingKidsSchoolOpportunitySportsGoalEnvironmentInvolvedLessonsSkillsSafeFoundationStartingHopefullyScholarshipStarting PointSafe Environment Author:Martina Navratilova
“The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.” ThinkingWantLittlesPlayKidsTodaySportsWaitingPracticeMissingSkillsOrganizedDroppingTournamentsPuck Author:Bobby Orr
“Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate.” WellsMeanChildrenFactsKidsLanguageParentTalkingEnvironmentSkillsGenesTalkativeLanguage Skills Author:Steven Pinker
“The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven’t been skating as a kid it’s impossible to play - and I wasn’t a skater.” IfsPlayKidsImpossibleHavensSkillsHockeySkatingSkater Author:Liev Schreiber
“I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands, and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial hair is a big turn-on... I like a stronger, more physically imposing man - like a lumberjack.” MenWantHandsBigsKidsAbleGuyTurnsStuffNew YorkHairTypeSkillsSurvivalStrongerHanging OutMasculineTurn-onImposingHipsterFacialSurvival SkillsFacial HairI Want A Guy Author:Chloe Sevigny
“Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves.” PeopleFeelsKidsSkillsImpressImpressive Author:Derren Brown