My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
Being mom is one of my favorite things. It makes my day watching my kids grow and accomplish things in their lives.
You want to have fun with your kids, and no one has fun with someone who runs roughshod.
Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.
When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will & Grace' started up.
When you're a kid, you have these big dreams and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference
I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.
I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.
It was a fairly happy childhood. My father was working away, and my mum brought up five kids all on her own.
Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
I wasn't terribly aware of Catwoman. She was a DC comics character and as a kid, I wasn't terribly fond of the DC comics characters. I was a Marvel boy.
I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.
As a kid, I loved doing puzzles, solving riddles, and reading mystery books. I also loved animals and always had pets.
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.
I never was obsessive about anything I watched when I was a kid, except maybe 'The A-Team' and 'Airwolf'... And I loved 'Knight Rider' and then later 'Baywatch.'
Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.
These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important.
At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'
Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.
Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.
Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.
