#kids

no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds. ↗

— R.J. Palacio

#life #teens #universe #life

Every night I tell my children all of the things that I love about them. I tell them how proud I am of their accomplishments and how much better our lives have been since they were born. I hope they will always realize how much they are loved and valued. I feel so blessed that they are in my life. ↗

— Tom Giaquinto

#children #hope #kids #love #proud

The big guys who ran things didn't want you thinking or feeling. It slowed down production. They wanted you scared and working so you wouldn't bump up against the truth--life could be fun. Yup, they wanted you scared. They wanted you grim. They wanted you madly cranking out Barbie dolls or Post Toasties or Xerox, or they wanted you overworked and underpaid at teaching so you could at least feel smart, and they wanted you to keep having kids so you'd have to keep working at whatever job you were stuck in and not have time to think or feel or, if you did, you certainly wouldn't have time to do anything about it, or even get close to the big fun, the fun that belonged only to them. And then they wanted your kids to hop on the same treadmill. ↗

— Bill Ripley

#capitalism #children #corporations #free-market #fun

Talking about abstract things is important. Having big, wild conversations about concepts like art, music, time travel, and dreams makes it much easier when you’ll eventually need to talk about things like anger, sadness, pain, and love. ↗

— Tom Burns

#emotion #family #kids #quality-time #talking

I want my kids to grow up and enjoy their childhood and be carefree. I never really got a chance to be a kid. ↗

— Jim Morris

#chance #childhood #enjoy #got #grow

I'd like to think that the notion of inspiration will transcend cultural things that are going on. There's something classic about this movie that I'm hoping reaches kids. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#classic #cultural #going #hoping #i

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water. ↗

— Nicholas Negroponte

#developing #even #fish #kids #like

It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream. ↗

— Tony Oliva

#achieve #big #big leagues #dream #everyone

Do your kids a favor - don't have any. ↗

— Robert Orben

#favor #kids #your

Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#again #around #back #come #i