“I've heard stories about me as a kid. My dad got me a T-shirt that said "here comes trouble," and when I ask my mom what I was like, she just sighs with this weary tone and says, "Oh, you were really busy."” SaidStoriesKidsAsksTroubleHeardMomDadMy DadBusyMy MomShirtsToneWearySighT Shirt Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.” IfsTroubleDadMy FamilyMy Dad Author:Joel Courtney
“My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.” WantedTroubleDadMy DadBoxingGreat Escape Author:Diego Corrales
“I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.” ThinkingWayLongStoriesKidsTermRolesGrowing UpGrowingTroubleDadModelsMalesRole ModelsProvidingMentorLong WayThink PositiveKids Growing UpMale Role Models Author:Donald Miller
“Dad always said that he had enough trouble sorting the fiction out of so-called facts, without reading fiction. He always said that science was already too muddled without trying to make it jibe with religion. He said those things, but he also said that science itself could be a religion, that a broad mind was always in danger of becoming narrow.” TryingMindSaidEnoughFactsReadingFictionTroubleDangerBecomingDadBroadsHad EnoughSortingReading Fiction Book:Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s Source: Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s
“I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.'” IfsLongEndsUsedTroubleDadMy DadTelling The TruthJail Author:Elaine Stritch
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."” MenWayWantKidsLyingFunChurchTroubleCarBrotherKeysTypeDadShotsMy FriendsMadMy DadHaving FunMy BrotherMy SisterLockedRight WayJamHappy Man Author:Fetty Wap