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I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.
Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people.
There's absolutely no sort of acknowledgment or reward for this - except for the intangible of my kids growing up to be wonderful people.
I went into designing my house thinking I could have some more expensive items because I didn't realize my kids were going to be animals.
I see dancehall reggae and hip-hop as fused together, When I was a kid, they were the two kinds of music that spoke to me and said 'Move!
To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn't sustain us.
If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.
Pakistan tries mentally challenged girl of blasphemy against the Holy Book. India arrests kids for posts on Facebook. Morbid competition?
Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.
I'd be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid.
I've been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn't care.
I have this internal battle between, I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids. And the kids win.
Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again.
I did stand-up for a good number of years while I was still living in New York, and those people primarily knew me as 'the kid stand-up.'
What I would do in order to be popular was, I'd put myself on line and joke around and be funny, and I was always known as the crazy kid.
If we're going to change the world for the better, kids need to know that they can by feeling good about who they are and helping others.
I think that reaching out to kids that feel really isolated is a life saving gesture that we have a responsibility as older queers to do.
Nothing reassures parents more than surrounding their kids with the kind of guys who have a lot of weapons and nothing to do on weekdays.
What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?
When I first started making music, for about the first 10 years, I was always the young kid. Everyone referred to me as such in any band.
That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.
My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.
Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There's no feeling on earth like it.
I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it's ridiculous that some guys won't sign for a kid.
I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids.
A word of advice, if I may? Explosions are an excellent way to kill the undead. But you should probably take a few steps back first, kid.
I grew up as a little 4- and 5-year-old kid, watching Phil Tippett and my dad make monsters in our garage. That's what I did, as a child.
Since I was a kid, I'd wake up every morning hearing a voice say, 'You're the greatest rapper ever.' I'm trying to prove that voice right.
The graphic style itself is influenced by a lot of very layered and detailed comics that I read as a kid, like Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue.
When I was a kid, everyone called me crazy for playing goal, but they were the ones chasing after the puck while I just let it come to me.
A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.
The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today's educational system. That factor is spiritual values.
Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.
I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.
Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood.
My daughter takes pride in showing up with stuff that other kids envy or are freaked out by, so I send her to school with grilled octopus.
If your kid comes out of the bedroom and says he just shut down the government, it seems to me he should at least have an outfit for that.
I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.
Doctor just told me I can't have kids. I asked for a second opinion. He said, Why? No one's gonna to let you take kids from this hospital.
[I spend a] lot [time travelling]. Between the restaurants, filming for TV, producing MasterChef, seeing the kids... it's pretty constant.
When I was a kid, I used to be way more nerdy about comic books and comic book characters. I still love them, but I don't collect anymore.
When I was a kid I did impressions and funny voices a lot. When I was telling a story I would use the voices to make it more entertaining.
There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.
I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.
If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
It definitely gets challenging at times. I travel a lot more now, and its never easy having to leave the kids, even if its for a few days.
To be quite frank and honest with you, it drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight, the sound of them fighting and not getting along.
I always remind my kids that hard work pays off. That's how I got to where I am right now because of sacrifice and the work I put into it.